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32-481: The monastery was founded in about 1100. The construction of the benedictine monastery is seen in the context of the legend of Saint Sunniva , the patron saint of the Norwegian Ancient Diocese of Bergen . Known as Sunniva of Selja ( Sunniva av Selja ), according to legend Sunniva was the heir of an Irish kingdom who had to flee from a heathen king. She fled to island of Selja where she died. At

64-446: A field (background) has a tincture of azure in parts and elsewhere it is argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The arms are an abstract design and the four "bendlets" give the illusion of the bow of a boat, an important symbol for the fishing community. The design can also be seen as a rock, waves, or the head of a spear. The Church of Norway has many churches in

96-419: A strong connection between the abbey and the bishopric. However, the bishop moved to Bergen shortly after the monastery was founded, although the shrine of Saint Sunniva did not leave the island for Bergen until about 1170. After that time the monastery remained here alone. For the first two centuries of its existence it was a thriving and important centre. Selja situated halfway between Bergen and Nidaros ,

128-775: Is Sunnifa (manuscript spelling Sunniuæ ). All are renditions of the Old English name Sunngifu , Sunnigifu , from sunne , 'sun', and gifu , 'gift'. The Old English name is on record in the Yorkshire Domesday Book , as Sonneuæ . Modern forms of the name include Synnøve , Synøve , Sønneva , Sønneve , Sunneva , Synneva , Synneve , all given in Norway, but Synnøve being the most widespread (also adopted as Synnöve in Sweden), with 5021 Norwegian women called Synnøve recorded in 2015. The popularity of

160-459: Is 22.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (58/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 3.6% over the previous 10-year period. The 2021 film Dune was partially filmed in Kinn, serving as House Atreides’ home world of Caladan . The municipality was established on 1 January 2020 when the old Flora Municipality was merged with most of Vågsøy Municipality (the rest of Vågsøy was merged into

192-530: Is crossed by the Norddalsfjord Bridge . Ytterøyane lighthouse in Kinn has been recording temperature since 1984, showing a temperate oceanic climate (marine west coast, Köppen: Cfb). The temperature range from the coldest month to the warmest month is only 11.2C. The coldest monthly mean is 3.4C, making this among the mildest winters in Scandinavia. The all-time high 30 °C (86 °F)

224-527: Is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Sogn og Fjordane District Court and the Gulating Court of Appeal . The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Kinn is made up of 39 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show

256-489: Is located between the villages of Degnepoll and Tennebø . The southern portion of Kinn Municipality is located on the coast at the entrances to the Norddalsfjorden and Førdefjorden . It includes many islands, including Reksta , Askrova , Svanøya , Skorpa , Fanøya , Hovden , and Kinn . The municipality also includes the large lakes of Endestadvatnet , Lykkjebøvatnet, and Vassetevatnet. The Norddalsfjorden

288-508: Is the only non-contiguous municipality in Norway since the municipality of Bremanger lies in between the north and south parts of Kinn. The administrative centres of the municipality is the two cities of Florø and Måløy . Some villages in the municipality include Rognaldsvåg , Stavang , Grov , Norddalsfjord , Nyttingnes , Steinhovden , Brandsøy , Deknepollen , Holvika , Kvalheim , Langeneset , Raudeberg , Refvika , Silda , Tennebø , Vedvika , and Vågsvåg . Historically, there

320-514: The new cathedral in Bergen in 1170, and as a result, her veneration spread throughout Norway. During the fires in Bergen of 1170/71 and of 1198 the relics of Sunniva were taken from the cathedral and set down at Sandbru. This reportedly halted the advance of the fire and was hailed as a miracle. The shrine with her relics remained in Bergen's Christ Church until 1531, when the church was demolished in

352-524: The 1960s. Both started to become more popular in the 1970s and peaked around year 2000; in that year, Sunniva was the 33rd and Synne the 36th most popular names for newborn girls (each at ca. 0.6% of girl's names). They have since then has declined to around 0.2%. Kinn Kinn is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway . It was established on 1 January 2020. It is in the traditional districts of Nordfjord and Sunnfjord . The municipality

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384-759: The Catholic church in Molde, various schools—including St Sunniva School in Oslo—several Norwegian ships, the St. Sunniva dormitory in Bergen, and the Sunniva Centre for Palliative Care ( Sunniva senter for lindrende behandling ) in Bergen. Selje introduced a municipal coat of arms depicting Sunniva in 1991. For an exhibition dedicated to Sunniva in Bergen Museum, under the title of "St. Sunniva and

416-495: The current and historical composition of the council by political party . The mayors ( Norwegian : ordfører ) of Kinn: The northern portion of Kinn Municipality includes the island of Vågsøy and a small portion of the mainland east of the island on northern and outer shore of the Nordfjorden . Other populated islands in this part of the municipality include Silda , Moldøen , and Husevågøy . The lake Degnepollvatnet

448-525: The holy shrine" ( Sankta Sunniva og det heilage skrinet ), on 7 September 2011, a reconstruction of the shrine was made and transferred to the museum in a procession involving a reconstructed longboat , commemorating the historical translation of the saint's relics. Sunniva is in use as a feminine given name in Norway. Sunniva is the Latinized form from Acta sanctorum in Selio . The Old Icelandic form

480-589: The island and often painted the monastery ruins. 62°03′04″N 5°17′49″E  /  62.05111°N 5.29694°E  / 62.05111; 5.29694 Sunniva Saint Sunniva (10th century; Old Norse Sunnifa , from Old English Sunngifu ) is the patron saint of the Norwegian Church of Norway Diocese of Bjørgvin , as well as all of Western Norway . Sunniva was venerated alongside her brother Alban, who in Norwegian tradition

512-521: The island and pray to God to collapse the caves to spare them from being ravaged by Hákon and his men. The caves collapse and kill all the Irishmen. The legend has two farmers, Tord Eigileivsson and Tord Jorunsson who anchored at Selja to spend the night on a journey to Trondheim, witnessing a supernatural light over the island and discovering a bleached skull with a sweet smell. Arriving in Trondheim,

544-522: The last abbot and took over the abbey estates for the use of the See of Bergen ; an appeal to the Pope to divert them instead to the use of Nidarholm Abbey came to nothing. Due to a lack of later habitation, the ruins the abbey as well as the shrine of Saint Sunniva and the cathedral are extensive and extremely well preserved. The artist Bernt Tunold (1877– 1946) spent his childhood and some of his adult life on

576-639: The municipality of Kinn which is part of the Diocese of Bjørgvin . There are four parishes ( sokn ) in the Sunnfjord prosti ( deanery ) and one parish ( sokn ) in the Nordfjord prosti ( deanery ). Kinn Municipality is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services , senior citizen services, welfare and other social services , zoning , economic development , and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality

608-445: The name surged in the early 20th century, with a peak of close to 0.7% of given girls' names during the 1920s. Since the 1920s, its popularity has declined steadily, falling below 0.1% by the 2000s. The original name Sunniva and the short form Synne , however, has instead become the most popularly given forms of this name. Sunniva has been in use since medieval times, but was unusual in the period 1900-1970, while Synne originated in

640-408: The new Stad Municipality ). The municipality was created in 2020 and it resurrected the old municipality of Kinn which existed from 1838 to 1964. That municipality (originally the parish ) was named after the old Kinn farm ( Old Norse : Kinn ) on the island of Kinn since the first Kinn Church was built there. The name is identical to the word kinn which means " cheek ", referring to

672-524: The previously uninhabited islands of Selja and Kinn in Norway during the rule of the pagan Jarl Hákon Sigurðarson (r. 962–995). Their Norwegian neighbors on the mainland suspect the Christians of stealing sheep and complain to Jarl Hákon. Hákon arrives on Selja with a group of armed men, intending to kill the inhabitants. When the Christians realize what is happening they hide in caves on

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704-452: The remains of Selja monastery in 1926 and was inspired to write a novella based on the legend, completed by 1928, for which she commissioned fifteen watercolour illustrations by her friend Gøsta af Geijerstam . The book was first published in German in 1932. An edition with Undset's original Norwegian text appeared only in 2000. Numerous institutions in Norway are named for Sunniva, including

736-408: The steep slope of a mountain on the island. Historically, the island's name was spelled Kind . The coat of arms was granted in 2019 for use starting on 1 January 2020 when the municipality was established. The informal blazon is "Per chevron ployé divided per pale azure and argent above and azure below with four bendlets sinister argent enarched on the sinister half" . This means the arms have

768-417: The time of the abbey's foundation, the island of Selje was an important Christian site. It was the location of the original shrine of Saint Sunniva and for that reason was a place of pilgrimage, and also the seat of a bishopric and a cathedral dedicated to Saint Michael , established about 1070. The bishop was instrumental in the establishment of the monastery here, and throughout its history there remained

800-548: The turmoils of the Reformation , and the shrine was transferred to Munkeliv monastery . The shrine was lost when that monastery was destroyed in its turn in 1536. The feast day of Alban and Sunniva and their companions, known as Seljumannamesse , is 8 July. Sunniva also has a separate feast day commemorating her translation to Bergen in 1170, on either 31 August or 7 September. Norwegian author Sigrid Undset , who had converted to Roman Catholicism at age 42 in 1924, visited

832-404: The two men tell their experience to Olaf Tryggvason and bishop Sigurd. After another account of similar events by a different witness, the king and bishop travelled to Selja and found many sweet-smelling bones. They excavated the cave and recovered the body of Saint Sunniva incorrupt and looking as if the saint were asleep. The bones were collected and placed in a casket, and the body of Sunniva

864-526: Was a natural stopover for travelers. But a disastrous fire in 1305 gave the abbey a blow from which it never recovered. It is not clear to what extent the monastery was rebuilt. The small remaining community may have been wiped out by the Black Death in 1349, although there is a possibility that some sort of monastic community still existed on the island as late as 1451. If there was, it came to an end under Bishop Finnboge of Bergen (1461-1474), who dismissed

896-425: Was another municipality of Kinn in Norway that existed from 1838 until 1964. The "old" Kinn roughly corresponded to the southern part of the "new" municipality of Kinn. The 812-square-kilometre (314 sq mi) municipality is the 142nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Kinn is the 75th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 17,179. The municipality's population density

928-538: Was at first subordinate to that of her brother. However, the original dedication to Alban at Selje may not have been to the British saint, but a German saint of the same name. Rekdal (2004) draws further connections of the legend to early medieval Norse-Gaelic contact , especially to St. Donnan , whose legend gives an account of the saint and his brothers being killed by pagans on the island of Eigg in 617. Sunniva's relics (allegedly again found incorrupt ) were moved to

960-675: Was composed in Latin but only survives in an Old Icelandic translation. The legend was also included in the later compilation Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta . The tale is directly based on that in Acta sanctorum in Selio , and thus slightly younger, although likely still belonging to the 12th century. According to the legend, Sunniva was the heir of an Irish kingdom , but had to flee when an invading heathen king wanted to marry her. She and her brother Alban (post-Reformation accounts add two sisters, called Borni and Marita) and their followers settle

992-493: Was identified with Saint Alban , the Roman-era British saint. Acta sanctorum in Selio is a Latin hagiography of saints Alban and Sunniva and their companions. It is believed to have been composed shortly after 1170. Oddr Snorrason made use of it in his Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar , in a section known as Albani þáttr ok Sunnifu ("tale of Alban and Sunniva") and also as Seljumanna þáttr . Oddr's original work

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1024-403: Was placed in timber shrine. The Benedictine Selje Abbey was built at the site around 1100 and dedicated to Saint Alban (the third-century British saint, who in medieval Scandinavian tradition became conflated with the 10th-century Irish saint at Selje); the local veneration of Sunniva can be traced to about that time, possibly influenced by that of Saint Ursula and the 11,000 virgins, but

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