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    The Diocese of Sigtuna was a Catholic diocese founded in Sigtuna, Sweden, established in the mid 11th century. At the time, the town of Sigtuna, situated...
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    missionary David of Munktorp, who was Bishop of Västerå, and one of the patron saints of Västerås Cathedral. Before 1118 the Diocese of Sigtuna was divided...
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    arteries through which the higher civilization reached our country." Diocese of Sigtuna (incomplete)  This article incorporates text from a publication now...
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  • parish Lagunda parish Deanery of Sigtuna Husby-Ärlinghundra parish Norrsunda parish Skepptuna parish Valsta parish Sigtuna parish Knivsta parish Alsike...
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    Danorum from the early 13th century, he had fled to Denmark from Sigtuna, the see of the early Uppland bishops before it was moved a few kilometers to...
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    a number of Catholic dioceses, including the former dioceses of Linköping, Lund, Sigtuna, Skara, Strängnäs, Västerås, Växjö. By 1550, all of the episcopates...
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    The Diocese of Skara (Swedish: Skara stift) is the oldest existing diocese in Sweden. It was originally a Latin bishopric of the Roman Catholic church...
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    either in Sigtuna or Uppsala. The medieval Annales Suecici Medii Aevi and the 13th century legend of Saint Botvid mention some Henry as the Bishop of Uppsala...
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    more than 200 years. It was abandoned c. AD 975, around the same time Sigtuna was founded as a Christian town some 35 km to the northeast. It has been...
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    also Växjö and Åbo. Furthermore, Sigtuna was moved to Uppsala. The dioceses were from 1104 subject to the Archdiocese of Lund, which was then Danish. During...
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