Olav Trondsson

Olav Trondsson (died November 25, 1474) was the twenty-fourth Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Nidaros in Norway from 1459 until his death in 1474.

After strong pressure from the king, however, they were compelled to alter their choice in favor of the Franciscan Marcellus de Niveriis.

Trondsson left for Rome in the autumn of that year to retrieve his pallium and perform some diplomatic interventions for the king.

Trondsson was greeted with a favorable reception, and in February 1459 he was ordained a bishop in Perugia and took office the following year in Nidaros.

[2][3] Not many details are known about Trondsson's fifteen-year tenure as archbishop, but everything indicates that he was both wise and honest in his management of the see and that he possessed considerable diplomatic skills.

When he helped the farmers in the remote village of Hodal in Herjedalen obtain their own church and priest, the townspeople sent him a six-pound pike in expression of their gratitude.

The purpose of the trip may have been to make the required ad limina visit,[3] but doubtless its timing was also intended to coincide with the events of the Jubilee Year of 1475.