His father was said by contemporary legends to descend from a younger brother of King Eric IX (Saint Eric).
Eric would later be considered a saint whose feast day in the Roman Catholic Church and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is 18 May, although he was never formally canonized by the Pope.
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Later on, the conquest of Finland was redated to 1150s by the official Swedish legends, crediting the national saint King Eric for it.