St Sunniva and her companions were among the most revered saints in medieval Norway. The legend describes Sunniva, the daughter of an Irish king in the tenth century. As a young queen she embarked on a sea journey to escape a heathen suitor, and together with her companions she was brought by the ocean currents from Ireland to the western coast of Norway. They suffered martyrdom in a cave on the island of Selja, where the later discovery of her bones gave rise to their cult. In 1170 the bone relics of St. Sunniva were brought from Selja to Bergen, where the royal saint added prestiged to the city, the diocese and the country for centuries up to the Reformation in the 1530s. This anthology commemorates the 850th anniversary of the transfer of the reliquary to Bergen, and explores historical and contemporary aspects related to the legend and its primary figure.