Editing Saint Olaf (section)

== Saga sources for Olaf Haraldsson ==
Many texts have information about Olaf Haraldsson.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bagge |first=Sverre |date=2010 |title=Warrior, King, and Saint: The Medieval Histories about St. Óláfr Haraldsson |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/jenglgermphil.109.3.0281 |journal=The Journal of English and Germanic Philology |volume=109 |issue=3 |pages=281–321 |doi=10.5406/jenglgermphil.109.3.0281 |jstor=10.5406/jenglgermphil.109.3.0281 |issn=0363-6941}}</ref> The oldest is the ''Glælognskviða'' or "Sea-Calm Poem", composed by [[Þórarinn loftunga]], an Icelander. It praises Olaf and mentions some of the famous miracles attributed to him. The Norwegian synoptic histories also mention Olaf. These include the {{Lang|is|[[Ágrip af Nóregskonungasögum]]}} ({{Circa|1190}}), the ''[[Historia Norwegiae]]'' ({{Circa|1160}}–1175) and a Latin text, ''Historia de Antiquitate Regum Norwagiensium'' by [[Theodoric the Monk]] ({{Circa|1177}}–1188).<ref name="autogenerated1">Lindow, John. "St. Olaf and the Skalds." In: DuBois, Thomas A., ed. ''Sanctity in the North''. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008. 103–27.</ref>

Icelanders also wrote extensively about Olaf and there are several Icelandic sagas about him, including ''[[Fagrskinna]]'' ({{Circa|1220}}) and ''[[Morkinskinna]]'' ({{Circa|1225–1235}}). ''[[Heimskringla]]'' ({{Circa|1225}}), by [[Snorri Sturluson]], largely bases its account of Olaf on the earlier ''[[Fagrskinna]]''. The sources seem to say that he had been raised in the Norse pagan religion, but converted to Christ early in his adulthood.  The ''[[Oldest Saga of St. Olaf]]'' ({{Circa|1200}}) is important to scholars for its constant use of [[skald]]ic verses, many of which are attributed to Olaf himself.<ref name="autogenerated1" />

Finally, many [[hagiographic]] sources describe St. Olaf, but these focus mostly on miracles attributed to him and cannot be used to accurately recreate his life. A notable one is ''[[Passio Olavi|The Passion and the Miracles of the Blessed Olafr]]''.<ref>Kunin, Devra, trans. ''A History of Norway and The Passion and Miracles of the Blessed Olafr''. London: Viking Society for Northern Research, 2011.</ref>