Title: The canonization process of Brynolf Algotsson
Abstract: The acts from a canonization process held in Skara and Vadstena (Sweden) in 1417 provide the foremost source of information on the cult regarding Bishop Brynolf Algotsson (t 1317) as a saint. In spite of some influential proponents, among them Saint Birgitta, there is no evidence for a popular Brynolf cult in the fourteenth century. It was first during the episcopate of Bishop Brynolf II Karlsson (1404-1424) that effective measures were taken to promote the colt.The cult of Bishop Brynolf is one of several which follow in the wake of the successful Saint Birgitta cult. In Skara as well as in Linkoping, the church was experiencing crisis at the beginning of the fifteenth century. In both of these dioceses, one of the answers was to make a deceased bishop a saintly symbol, in the case of Skara a bishop who had been dead for nearly a hundred years. The productivity of the Brynolf cult in terms of images and pilgrim badges towards the end of the Middle Ages gives evidence of a certain success of this attempt to elevate a long since deceased bishop to a popular saint.
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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