Canute
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]
(or Knut), Saint and Martyr, king of Denmark, was the son of Sweyn or Sueno II, and greatnephew of Canute the Great of England. When he became king, in 1080, he revised the laws of his realm, and set himself to restore its piety and discipline; and seeing that due respect was not paid to the order of bishops, he issued an ordinance, giving to them precedence over dukes, and the rank of princes. His failure to conquer England, and other causes, excited a spirit of insubordination and revolt, and the rebels, headed by one Blacco, surrounded him as he prayed in the church of St. Alban, in the island of Funen, and murdered him at the altar. This probably happened on July 10,1086, on which (lay he is honored. April 19 is the festival of his translation. See Baillet, ii, 151; Landon, Eccles. Dict. s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.
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alled the Great, son of Sweyn, king of Denmark; invaded England, and after a success or two was elected king by his fleet; the claim was repudiated by the Saxons, and he had to flee; returned in 1015, and next year, though London held out for a time, carried all before him; on the death of his sole rival became undisputed king of England, and ruled it as an Englishman born, wisely, equitably, and well, though the care of governing Denmark and Norway lay on his shoulders as well; died in England, and was buried in Winchester Minster; every one is familiar with the story of the rebuke he administered to the courtiers by showing how regardless the waves of the sea were of the authority of a king (994-1035).
