Open this publication in new window or tab >>2010 (Swedish)In: Fornvännen, ISSN 0015-7813, E-ISSN 1404-9430, Vol. 105, no 1, p. 20-29Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
A papal lead seal, a so called bull, from the pontificate of Eugene III 1145-53) has been found in Scania, southern Sweden. The seal is the ldest known material evidence of contacts between Scandinavia and the oly See. In this paper the papal seal is presented and discussed in elation to the historical context of the find spot in Lomma, a small ommunity 10 kilometers north of Malmo. The place is thought to have een of some importance during the 11th and 12th centuries. The authors resent a hypothesis about the background of the bull and how it ended p in Lomma.
National Category
History and Archaeology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-13719 (URN)000294697400003 ()
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