Talk:Bishop Henry
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[edit] Fiction?
If Henry was canonised within three years of his reported death by a pope who knew him personally, this seems like credible contemporary evidence that he probably existed --Henrygb 01:20, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Right. If. -- Cimon avaro; on a pogostick. 11:25, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
- Henry has never been canonized by the Pope. That is imagination. He is called "the Saint" in Finland, but that is only a domestic invention. --Drieakko 05:48, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
- Legends of Henry are presumably formed together from several individuals. What is known for sure, is that Henry's supposed bones were moved from the church of Nousiainen to Turku in 1300. However, there does not seem to have been a church in Nousiainen already in the 12th century, so the bishop buried there could be the unnamed priest who was consecrated as the bishop of Finland around 1209. --Drieakko 05:52, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] POV
I removed the following line from the lead:
- Henry has not been officially canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
This assumes that only RC canonization is the only way to be considered a saint -- he's also not been canonized by the church of scientology - so? :) Henry commemorated on the calendars of Protestant churches of Scandinavia. -- Pastordavid 01:11, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
- Henry was a Roman Catholic bishop and Roman Catholic church has not canonized him. Calling him nevertheless a "saint" (like so often done) at the same time when Roman Catholics in general have a strict process for persons to become saints is misleading. Protestants do not have saints in Scandinavia even though key church persons are commemorated. --Drieakko 08:58, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
- After giving it a thought for a while, I removed all Saint categorizations of Henry since he does not fall into definition of a saint as defined in the respective Wikipedia article Saint. --Drieakko 14:53, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
