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  • Title: Patronage Letter for Fogdo Abbey
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  • Description: A letter sealed by Birger Jarl and his son, King Valdemar, promising to provide protection to the female monastic house at Fogdo. According to the document, the nuns of Fogdo did not have to pay general and royal property duties. The second-to-last sentence notes "dat (um) Stockholm", and this is the earliest surviving reference to the city of Stockholm.
  • Source: Wikimedia Commons
  • Rights: Public Domain
  • Subject (See Also): Fogdo, Sodermanland, Sweden- Monastic House for Women Letters Monasticism Patronage, Ecclesiastical Kings Seals
  • Geographic Area: Scandinavia
  • Century: 13
  • Date: 1252
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  • Current Location: Stockholm, National Archives
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  • Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Manuscripts
  • Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Vellum (parchment); Wax seals; Legal documents
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