Definition of St. Olaf

1. Noun. King and patron saint of Norway (995-1030).

Exact synonyms: Olaf Ii, Olav Ii, Saint Olaf, Saint Olav, St. Olav
Generic synonyms: King, Male Monarch, Rex, Saint

Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Olaf

St. Leo I
St. Louis
St. Lucia
St. Luke
St. Luke's summer
St. Maarten
St. Mark
St. Martin
St. Mary Magdalen
St. Mary Magdalene
St. Mary of Bethlehem
St. Matthew
St. Matthew the Apostle
St. Nicholas
St. Nick
St. Olaf (current term)
St. Olav
St. Patrick
St. Patrick's Cross
St. Patrick's Day
St. Paul
St. Paul's
St. Peter
St. Peter's wreath
St. Peter the Apostle
St. Petersburg
St. Simon
St. Stephen's Day
St. Thomas
St. Thomas Aquinas

Literary usage of St. Olaf

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Among the skalds of St, Olaf (1015-1030) the most prominent were ... a drd/>a in honour of St. Olaf, is noteworthy, ..."

2. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1906)
"The Church gave her sanction to the popular verdict, and St. Olaf, or St. Olave, as he was generally called in England, was accepted as one of the ..."

3. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1906)
"The Church gave her sanction to the popular verdict, and St. Olaf, or St. Olave, as he was generally called in England, was accepted as one of the ..."

4. The History of England from the Earliest Times to the Norman Conquest by Thomas Hodgkin (1906)
"The Church gave her sanction to the popular verdict, and St. Olaf, or St . Olave, as he was generally called in England, was accepted as one of the ..."

5. Scandinavian Folk-lore: Illustrations of the Traditional Beliefs of the by William Alexander Craigie (1896)
"St. Olaf in Vaaler. his journeys about the country to introduce the Christian ... On this farm St. Olaf held an assembly, and after some resistance it was ..."

6. History of the Church and State in Norway from the Tenth to the Sixteenth by Thomas Benjamin Willson (1903)
"St. Olaf, KING AND MARTYR. The Interregnum after Svolder—Olafs Birth and Early Days—His Coming to England—Goes to Normandy—Baptized at Rouen— Olaf Sails for ..."

7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"There are a few thousands of Catholics, for whom there are churches in Christiania (St. Olaf and Halvard), in Bergen, Trondhjem, Fredrikshald, Tromso. ..."

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