Feast January 19
Saint Henry
Martyr, patron of Catholic Cathedral of Helsinki · Feast January 19
Biography
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 province of Sweden could only be established in 1164 after the civil war, and Henry would have been sent to organize the Church in Finland, where Christians had already existed for two centuries.
Feast day
January 19
Patronage
- Catholic Cathedral of Helsinki
Birth date
1100
Death date
Traditionally 20 January 1156
Canonization status
Canonized
Feast month
1
Wikidata qid
Q445357
Feast day of month
19
