Passio Olavi

Passio a miracule beati Olavi ('The Passion and Miracles of the Blessed Olaf'), better known as Passio Olavi, is a collection of legends about the Norwegian national saint Olaf II the Holy.

Egil Kraggerud dated the Passio Olavi to c. 1150–1160.

[1] The text is available in two versions, the more familiar long version is an Old Norse version of an Old Norwegian Homily Book, read on St Olaf's feast day (Olsok).

[2] A shorter version in Latin had wide distribution and is found in several places in Europe including : England, France, Austria and Finland.

[2] The long version is also known in an English manuscript from Fountains Abbey near York, which was the parent monastery of Lyse Abbey in Norway.