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Sviartovit

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(Slavic, holy warrior), the most celebrated deity of the ancient Baltic Slavonlians, whose temple and idol were at Arkona, the capital of the island of R gen. This last stronghold of Slavonic idolatry was taken and destroyed, A.D. 1168, by Waldemar I, king of Denmark. (See SLAVONIANS).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Sviartovit'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​s/sviartovit.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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