January 20, 1156: The legend says farmer Lalli came home one day and his wife informed him the bishop had visited their house and departed without paying for his food, drink or fodder. This made Lalli angry, and he left to pursue the bishop. When he found him, Bishop Henrik asked his entourage to flee and hide in a nearby forest. Meanwhile, Lalli decapitated the bishop, removed his hat and cut off his finger in order to take his ring. Lalli put on the bishop’s hat and ring. The hat, however, became fused to Lalli’s head and when he tried to remove it, it tore off his scalp with it. When he tried to remove the bishop’s ring from his finger, it likewise tore his finger off. Afterward, Lalli drowned in Lake Köyliönjärvi. Bishop Henrik’s last wish had been to have his body parts collected by his servants and transported with oxen. The site where the oxen stopped became the first church in Finland. The legend is told in a famous Finnish folk poem called “Henrikin surma” (“The Slaying of Henry”). Above, the murder of Saint Henrik by Lalli, painted by C.A. Ekman.