Saint Botvid

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Saint Botvid was an 11th–12th century Swedish Christian missionary and martyr venerated as a local saint, particularly associated with the region around present-day Botkyrka.

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Label Occurrences
Saint Botvid canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian missionary ⓘ
Swedish saint ⓘ
local saint ⓘ
martyr ⓘ
associatedWith Botkyrka Church ⓘ
Botkyrka Municipality ⓘ
Södermanland province ⓘ
canonizationStatus locally venerated saint ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Sweden ⓘ
culture Medieval Swedish Christianity ⓘ
feastDay 28 July ⓘ
hasCauseOfDeath martyrdom ⓘ
hasLegend conversion of slaves ⓘ
miraculous spring at Hammarby ⓘ
murder by a former slave he had freed ⓘ
hasPatronage Botkyrka region ⓘ
local farmers in Södermanland ⓘ
hasRelic relics kept at Botkyrka Church ⓘ
hasTitle Martyr ⓘ
Saint ⓘ
languageOfName Old Swedish ⓘ
nameGivenTo Botkyrka ⓘ
notableFor Christianization of Sweden ⓘ
occupation missionary ⓘ
placeOfBurial Botkyrka Church ⓘ
placeOfDeath near Lake Bornsjön ⓘ
placeOfVeneration Botkyrka ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
Södermanland ⓘ
positionHeld saint ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
typeOfMartyrdom killed while performing missionary work ⓘ
veneratedIn Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

local Swedish tradition ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Botkyrka Municipality → namedAfter → Saint Botvid ⓘ
Botkyrka Church → namedAfter → Saint Botvid ⓘ
Botkyrka → namedAfter → Saint Botvid ⓘ
Botkyrka Municipality → namedAfter → Saint Botvid ⓘ
subject linked to: Botkyrka region
Botkyrka Municipality → religiousHeritage → Saint Botvid ⓘ
subject linked to: Botkyrka region