Hieromartyr
Liafdag
Bishop
A missionary bishop in Jutland, slain for Christ around 980.
- Feast
- February 3old style February 16
- Reposed
- 98010th century
- Place
- Jutland
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Saint Liafdag was a missionary bishop in Jutland in Denmark and was slain by pagans around 980.
As bishop in Jutland, he met the needs of the growing number of Orthodox faithful there, but he was martyred by pagans. No other details of his life survive.
He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 3 February (new style).
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