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MARTYR-KING OLAF OF NORWAY - A Holy Orthodox Saint of Norway |
 | | For Canute's hatred had not been extinguished; and the jealousy of this Cain was destined both to open a fruitful mission-field and to provide a martyr's crown for the latter day Abel. |
| | But in 1026 the allies were defeated by Canute at Helgean in Skane, Sweden. |
| | Olaf decided to flee to Sweden and thence to the court of his kinsman, Yaroslav of Kiev, whose father, the famous St. Vladimir, had given shelter to Olaf Tryggvason in his youth. |
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