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Throndhjem og Omegn,

ning, som kaldes Kapitelet, hvori han selv blev
begravet 1188. I Eysteins Tid var det vel, at Haakon
Herdebreds († 1162) Legeme blev ført til Kristkirken.
Senere vides ingen af vore Konger at være bleven
begraven der. Et Par Decennier efter Eysteins Død
begyndte en ny Byggeperiode for Kristkirken, indtil
henimod 1240. Under denne synes den hele Olaf Kyrres
Kristkirke østenfor Taarnet at være bleven ombygget,
Rummet forhøiet og dækket med Stenhvælv, samt
Spidsbuestilen med det engelske Særpræg anvendt
istedetfor Rundbuestilen. Kirkens fjerde eller afsluttende
Byggeperiode begyndte i 1248 og varede til henimod
Aarhundredets Slutning. Ved denne opførtes den store
vestre Fløi, hvorhos maaske det store Taarn blev
forhøiet. Ved Aar 1300 stod Bygningen saa fuldført, som
den nogensinde blev. De store Midler, som maatte
tilveiebringes til et saadant Kjæmpeværk, og den
Mængde Kostbarheder her fandtes, indkom især ved
de rige Gaver, som Pilgrime fra alle Lande nedlagde
foran Hellig Olafs Skrin. Kathedralkirken i Nidaros
var den største og pragtfuldeste i de tre nordiske
Riger. Dens Længde fra Øst mod Vest var 325 Fod,
dens vestre Façade, der var imponerende ved sine fint
udhugne Helgenbilleder og andre Forziringer samt
rige Forgyldning, var 124 Fod bred. Et høit Taarn
paa Midten samt mange mindre Taarne ragede op
over Bygningen. Indvendig var en Mangfoldighed af
herlige, i Klebersten eller forskjellige Slags Marmor
udhuggede, fritstaaende eller til Væggen sluttende
Piller. Mellemskibet havde efter Høiden tre Afdelinger,
saaledes at man i to forskjellige Høider kunde gaa

Throndhjem. 97

wegian King that, made Nidaros his residence. Having
vanquished the powerful Hladejarl, he erected, in the
year 996, a royal residence, and a church, dedicated
to St. Clemens, a little to the south of Bratören. These
buildings soon got out of repair; but Olaf Haraldsön
had them restored between 1016 and 1028. Olaf was
killed at the battle of Stiklestad (1030); but even his
death proved a glorious victory to the cause he
championed. The popular sentiments soon underwent a
change. Olaf, the inexorable warrior, was raised to
the dignity of a martyr, numerous miracles being cited
in proof os his sanctity; and as the patron saint
of Norway, he was prayed to and worshiped, not only
in the land of his nativity, but in foreign countries,
whither his name had wandered. This adoration of St.
Olaf is an important feature in the early history of
Nidaros; and the pride and glory of the city,—the
magnificent cathedral, with the costly shrine of St.
Olaf, was the goal of pilgrimages from far-off lands.
The reputed sanctity of King Olaf having spread far
and wide, his remains were removed from their original
resting-place, and deposited in a splendid shrine, which
was placed beneath the high-altar in the church of
St. Clement. On the spot where the corpse had been
interred, a chapel was erected, and close by a spring
of water welled forth. Olafs son Magnus, erected a
new residence a little further up the river, and a stone
church, in honour of St. Olaf. To this church, which
was not completed till the reign of Harald Haardraade,
the shrine of St. Olaf was forthwith removed. Some
years afterwards Harald erected another residence,

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