St Thorfinn

Nobody knew about what a wonderful person Thorfinn was, until 50 years after he had died. His tomb was opened by accident during some construction work to renovate the church. Everyone was surprised by the nice smell that was coming from his coffin.  One monk, Walter de Muda, knew Thorfinn.   Father Walter thought Thorfinn was so gentle and good, patient and generous.  He liked him so much that he had written a poem about him.  Walter had put the poem with Thorfinn in the tomb and the paper he wrote the poem on was just as new and fresh as the day it had been put there.  Thorfinn had come from Norway and was a monk there.  He became a Bishop in Norway and later went to live at an Abbey in Flanders, Belgium.  Many miracles happened to people who would visit his tomb.