St. Olga of Kyiv, the Saint You Don't Want to Mess With

Hightailing Through History

A saint for a Halloween episode?! I know it might seem backwards, but, let me tell you: this is NOT a saint you want to mess with. Her story is violent with scenes that would be appropriate for a horror movie. St. Olga is the patron saint for the city of Kyiv but I personally like to think of her as the patron saint of "f*ck around and find out." In our tale...people do and they did...

KT is out again and is officially down with Covid. We wish her a speedy recovery!

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Mentioned in the Story:

St. Olga's Portrait

Korosten's City Coat of Arms

Deep Into History--Arjun is a story master and will be immersing his listeners into this same story for Halloween if you want to catch his version!

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Source Materials:

https://www.historyanswers.co.uk/medieval-renaissance/olga-of-kiev-one-saint-you-do-not-want-to-mess-with/

https://theconversation.com/saint-olga-of-kyiv-is-ukraines-patron-saint-of-both-defiance-and-vengeance-178019

https://biographics.org/olga-of-kiev-the-viking-saint-of-russia/

https://www.history.com/news/vikings-in-russia-kiev-rus-varangians-prince-oleg

https://www.worldhistory.org/Kievan_Rus/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korosten

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Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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