battle of neva contributed alexander s later sainthood. swedes came great army, , norwegians , finns , tavastians ships in great numbers, swedes prince , bishops, , stayed on neva, @ mouth of izhora, willing take ladoga, , put short, novgorod , of lands. still protected merciful, man-loving god , sheltered foreign people, , word came novgorod swedes sailing ladoga; prince alexander did not hesitate @ all, went against them novgorodians , people of ladoga , overcame them of saint sophia , through prayers of our lady, mother of god , virgin mary, 15 july, in memory of kirik , ulita, on sunday, (the same day that) 630 holy fathers held meeting in chalcedon; , there great gathering of swedes; , leader called spiridon killed there; claimed bishop slain; , great number of them fell; , when had loaded 2 ships bodies of high-born men, let them sail sea; others, unnumbered, cast pit, buried, , many others wounded; , same night fled, without waiting monday light, shame. of novgorodians there fe...