Köyliönjärvi is a lake in the municipality of Köyliö, Finland. Lake Köyliö and its surroundings are classified as one of the National landscapes of Finland. The area has been inhabited continuously si
Lake Köyliönjärvi and Kirkkosaari island.
Henry was a medieval English clergyman. He came to Sweden with Cardinal Nicholas Breakspeare in 1153 and was most likely designated to be the new Archbishop of Uppsala, but the independent church prov
Köyliönjärvi
…Finland. The area has been inhabited continuously since the Iron Age. Köyliönjärvi is the home of the first documented historical event in Finland as Saint Henry was allegedly murdered by peasant called Lalli on the ice of the lake in 1156. Kirkkokari Island is located near the murder site. It used to be a…
Henry walking on his murderer Lalli, painted about 1450
Bishop Henry surrounded by his successors as depicted in Missale Aboense
Cathedral of Turku was the center of Henry's cult.
Henry was also venerated in the Cathedral of Lund.