Canute Mikkelsen
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Canute Mikkelsen is ARYAN btw, if that matters |
This page is a gem.
That's my great great great grandfather!Canute Mikkelsen | |
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| Knud Mikkelsen | |
 Canute Cobson | |
| Nationality | Denmark |
| Best known for | Bishop of Viborg, always being a gem |
| IAS? | Yes |
Canute Mikkelsen (or Canute Cobson) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Viborg (1451–1478).[1][2][3]
He has a page on Wikipedia: Canute Mikkelsen[Citation needed]
Biography[edit | edit source]
On 14 Apr 1451, Canute Mikkelsen was appointed during the papacy of Pope Nicholas V as Bishop of Viborg.[1] On 5 Mar 1452, he was consecrated bishop by Radulphus, Bishop of Città di Castello, with Giovanni Castiglione, Bishop of Penne e Atri, and Marco Marinoni, Bishop of Alessandria, serving as co-consecrators.[1] He served as Bishop of Viborg until his resignation in 1478.[1] He was killed by Chud raiders in 1488 for his large fortune of gems. This inspired a Chud folktale which told that in order to survive, he transformed himself so that he will always be a gem, and that he would be rediscovered in approximately half a millennium.
Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Bishop Canute Mikkelsen (Cobson)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ↑ "Diocese of Viborg" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ↑ "Diocese of Viborg" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
