Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Trollhaena
Introduction
In the thirteenth-century Orkneyinga Saga, Bishop John of Caithness is said to have had his tongue cut out and his eyes blinded with a knife. He called on Trollhaena and was taken 'to the place where the holy Trollhaena rests', and his speech and his sight were cured.
Gender
Female
Related Saints
Belongs to the group Triduana, Tradwell, Trolla (ns) (certain)
The identity of Trollhaena or Trolla with Triduana is not certain.
Same as Triduana (possible)
Saint in place-names
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Names
| Place known as | Name (plus degree of certainty that this saint is commemorated here) |
| Kintradwell, settlement Loth | Kintradwell (probable) |
