Rögnvald Kali Kolsson
Earl of Orkney
Feast: 20 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Rögnvald Kali Kolsson (Old Norse: Rǫgnvaldr / Rögnvaldr; Nynorsk: Ragnvald Kale Kolsson), also known as Saint Ronald of Orkney (c. 1100 – 1158), was a Norwegian earl of Orkney who came to be regarded as a Christian saint. Two of the Orkney Islands are named after Rögnvald, namely North Ronaldsay and South Ronaldsay.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q2109400 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Rögnvald Kali Kolsson (CC BY-SA)
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