Scandinavian countries include  Denmark,  Norway,  Sweden,  Finland,  Iceland,  Faroe Islands, and  Åland Islands

This page is a list of Scandinavian saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God, as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. These people were born, died, or lived their religious life in Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, and Denmark.

Saints

Saint Bridget of Sweden, one of the six patron saints of Europe

Saints from Early Church

Pre-reformation Saints

Post-reformation Saints

Elizabeth Hesselblad, the latest Scandinavian to be canonized by the Catholic Church

Blesseds

Pre-reformation Blesseds

The title given to an individual whose cultus has been confirmed is "Blessed" unless the decree specifically declares the title to be "either Saint or Blessed" [sanctus vel beatus].[b] The following Scandinavians were designated with such title:[1]

Post-reformation Blesseds

Venerable

Ellen Ammann, foundress of German Catholic Women's Association

Servants of God

Candidates for Sainthood

Grave of Msgr. Göran Degen, a saintly priest from Gothenburg

See also

Notes

  1. ^ By a decree dated 13 January 1984, the Congregation for the Divine Worship approved the Latin text for the Mass and Divine Office of Saint Thorlak, bishop of Skálholt, for the Diocese of Iceland.
  2. ^ In 1634, through the decree Cælestis Hierusalem Cives, Pope Urban VIII forbade the existence of any public veneration on any purported saint unless a process per viam cultus directed by the Congregation of Rites could prove that an individual had been the object of an immemorial public veneration [cultus ab immemorabili tempore] at least one hundred years before the publication of the decree.
  3. ^ In 1229, Archbishop Eysteinn was proclaimed a "saint" by a Norwegian synod, but no formal canonization process or confirmation of cultus was established by the Roman Catholic Church. Currently, his original status is Servant of God.

References

  1. ^ "Confirmation of Cultus". newsaints.faithweb.com. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Promulgation of Decrees of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, 23.03.2023". press.vatican.va. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  3. ^ Katholischer Deutscher Frauenbund
  4. ^ Martyrs of the Province of the Society of Jesus in Greater Poland and Mazury Bulletin of the Martyrs
  5. ^ Servants of God in the beatification process of the second group of martyrs from World War II Bulletin of the Martyrs
  6. ^ Sigrid Undset: Catholic Viking Catholic Education Resource Center
  7. ^ Fearless Defender of Truth Catholic Culture
  8. ^ History and Values Fransiskushjelpen
  9. ^ Fr. Göran Degen has died Radio Vaticana, 7 May 2014