Painting, Torpo stave church, Torpo, Ostland, Norway

Torture of St Margaret, who after being whipped and cut, is thrown into a cauldron of boiling oil, which she survives, watched by Roman governor Olybrius, wall painting, detail, in Torpo stave church or Torpo stavkyrkje, a wooden medieval church built 1192, in Torpo, Hallingdal, Al, Buskerud, Ostland, Norway. The stave church is dedicated to St Margaret and was built by Thorolf, although only the nave remains. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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1192 Antioch Boiling Buskerud Cauldron Fortidsminneforeningen Martyrdom Nordic Norse Olybrius Ostland Persecution Preservation Stave Stavkyrkje Torpo Vault

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