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Saints of July 29 |
 | | Olaf fled to Russia but returned to Norway in 1031 with a few Swedish troops in an attempt to regain his kingdom, but was killed in battle at Stiklestad on the Trondheim fjord. |
 | | Saint Eric of Sweden, Olaf Haraldsson became the national hero-saint of Norway. |
 | | He was unpopular in his lifetime, but miracles were reported at his tomb on a steep sandbank by the River Nid, where he had fallen. |
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