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Absalon was interred at Sorø Abbey, and was succeeded as Archbishop of Lund by Anders Sunesen.
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Absalon or Axel ( – 21 March 1201 ) was a Danish archbishop and statesman, who was the Bishop of Roskilde from 1158 to 1192 and Archbishop of Lund from 1178 until his death.
Absalon was born into the powerful Hvide clan, and owned great land possessions.
Absalon was born around 1128 near Sorø, Zealand.
Due to a name which is unusual in Denmark, it is speculated that he was christened on the Danish " Absalon " name day, October 30.
Absalon probably did not take part in the following battle of Grathe Heath in 1157, in which Sweyn was defeated and slain and led to Valdemar ascending the Danish throne.
On Good Friday 1158, bishop Asser of Roskilde died, and Absalon was eventually elected bishop of Roskilde on Zealand with the help of Valdemar, as the king's reward for the Hvide family support.
Absalon was a close counsellor of Valdemar, and chief promotor of the Danish crusades against the Wends.
The first expedition against the Wends that was conducted by Absalon in person, set out in 1160.
The whole population of Garz was then baptized, and Absalon laid the foundations of twelve churches in the isle of Rügen.
When Valdemar returned to Denmark, he was convinced into strengthening the Danevirke fortifications at the German border, with the support of Absalon.
In 1167, Absalon was granted the land around the city of " Havn " (), and built there a castle in the coastal defense against the Wends.
It was also Absalon who held the first Danish Synod at Lund in 1167.
By a unique Papal dispensation, Absalon was allowed to simultaneously maintain his post as Bishop of Roskilde.
Under Canute VI, Absalon was the chief policymaker in Danish politics.
In 1192, Absalon made his nephew Peder Sunesen his successor as Bishop of Roskilde, while his other nephew Anders Sunesen was named the chancellor of Canute VI.
Saxo Grammaticus ' Gesta Danorum was not finished until after the death of Absalon, but Absalon was one of the chief heroic figures of the chronicle, which was to be the main source of knowledge about early Danish history.
Absalon was equally great as churchman, statesman and warrior.
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Absalon first appears in Saxo Grammaticus's contemporary chronicle Gesta Danorum at the end of the civil war, at the brokering of the peace agreement between Sweyn III and Valdemar at St. Alban's Priory, Odense.
Both Absalon and Valdemar narrowly escaped assassination at the hands of Sweyn on this occasion, and escaped to Jutland, whither Sweyn followed them.
Laurits Tuxen: Bishop Absalon topples the god Svantevit at Arkona in 1169.
Eskil agreed on canonizing Valdemar's father Knud Lavard in 1170, with Absalon assisting him at the feast.
On the accession of Canute VI in 1182, an imperial ambassador arrived at Roskilde to the new king swear fealty to Frederick Barberossa, but Absalon resolutely withstood him.
When Absalon retired from military service in 1184 at the age of fifty-seven, he resigned the command of fleets and armies to younger men, like Duke Valdemar, the later king Valdemar II.
Absalon died at Sorø Abbey on March 21, 1201, 73 years old, with his last will granting his personal holdings to the Abbey, apart from Fjenneslev which went to Esbern Snarre.
* Absalon, archbishop of Denmark, leads the first Danish synod at Lund.
In 1168, the Danish king, Valdemar I, and his army commander and advisor, Bishop Absalon of Roskilde destroyed the Svetovid temple in the hillfort at Cape Arkona, ending both the territorial and religious autonomy of the Rani, their former monarchs became Danish princes of Rügen.
Bishop Absalon topples the god Svantevit at Arkona in 1169
Image: Bishop Absalon topples the god Svantevit at Arkona. PNG | Bishop Absalon topples the god Svantevit at Arkona in 1169.
Absalon | Danish Bishop Absalon destroys the idol of Slavic mythology | Slavic god Svantevit at Cape Arkona | Arkona in a painting by Laurits Tuxen.
He was ordained by the mighty Danish archbishop Absalon in Lund, the primate of Sweden at that time.
Bishop Absalon constructed the city's first castle on the island in 1166-67 at the site where Christiansborg Palace, the seat of the Danish Parliament lies today.
It traces its history back to the 12th century when Bishop Absalon founded a monastery at the site, which was confiscated by the Crown after the Reformation, and ever since, on and off, it has served as an educational institution, in a variety of forms, including as a knight academy founded by Christian IV and a venue for higher learning during the Danish Golden Age.
Absalon and Sorø
In 1162, Absalon transformed the Sorø Abbey of his family from Benedictine to Cistercian, granting it lands from his personal holdings.
In his will Absalon forgives his clerk Saxo a small debt of two and a half marks of silver and tells him to return two borrowed books to the monastery of Sorø.
Sorø was founded in 1161 by Bishop Absalon, later the founder of Copenhagen, and is the site of Sorø Academy ( Danish Sorø Akademi ).
Also built that year was Sorø Klosterkirke, the church where Bishop Absalon and Margaret I of Denmark were buried ( she was later moved to Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde ).
It was founded in 1161 by Bishop Absalon, later the founder of Copenhagen, and is the site of Sorø Academy ( Danish Sorø Akademi ) and Sorø Klosterkirke, the church where Absalon is buried, along with other notable Danes, including royalty.
Sorø Academy traces its history back to 1140 when Archbishop Absalon founded the Cistercian Sorø Abbey un a remote woodlands setting on the shores of Lake Sorø on the island of Zealand.
Absalon and succeeded
When Valdemar died in 1182, his son succeeded him as Canute VI, and Absalon served as Canute VI's counsellor.
Absalon and Archbishop
When Eskil stepped down as Archbishop of Lund in 1177, he chose Absalon as his successor.
As the Archbishop of Lund, Absalon utilized ombudsmen from Zealand, demanded unfree labour from the peasantry, and instituted tithes.
He says in this theory that it might have been Archbishop Andreas Sunesøn's personal ecclesiastical banner or perhaps even the flag of Archbishop Absalon, based on his tireless efforts to expand Christianity to the Baltic countries.
Consisting of sixteen books written in Latin on the invitation of Archbishop Absalon, Gesta Danorum describes Danish history and to some degree Scandinavian history in general, from prehistory to the late 12th century.
* Archbishop Absalon of Lund wins a naval victory over Bogislav, duke of Pomerania.
Saxo Grammaticus ( c. 1150 – 1220 ) also known as Saxo cognomine Longus was a Danish historian, thought to have been a secular clerk or secretary to Absalon, Archbishop of Lund, foremost advisor to Valdemar I of Denmark.
He lived in a period of warfare and Danish expansion, led by Archbishop Absalon and the Valdemars.
We know from his writing that he was in the retinue and received the patronage of Absalon, Archbishop of Lund, who was the foremost advisor to King Valdemar I.
In the preface to the work, Saxo writes that his patron Absalon, Archbishop of Lund had encouraged him to write a heroic history of the Danes.
He drew on oral tales of the Icelanders, ancient volumes, letters carved on rocks and stone, and the statements of his patron Absalon concerning the history that the Archbishop had been a part of.
It is assumed that the last eight books were written first, as Saxo drew heavily on Absalon's testament for evidence of the age of Saint Canute and Valdemar I and Archbishop Absalon died in 1202, before the work was completed.
Saxo finished the history with the Preface, which he wrote last, about 1216 under the patronage of Anders Sunesen who replaced Absalon as Archbishop of Lund.
But on Eystein's death Sverre renewed his attacks, and Archbishop Eric had to leave the country and take refuge with Archbishop Absalon of Lund.
Johannes was ordained by the Archbishop of Lund, Absalon by November 1185.
He was ordained by the Archbishop of Lund, Absalon -- the primate over the newly established Swedish archbishopric -- by November 1185.
It is closely associated with King Valdemar I and the famous Archbishop Absalon.
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