Saint Canute Lavard
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- Also known as
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Knud Lavard;
Knut Lavard
- Memorial
- 7 January;
25 July in Denmark for the translation of his relics
- Profile
- Second son of King Eric the Good of Denmark.
Nephew of King Saint Canute of Denmark.
Raised in the court of Saxony.
Duke of Jutland with his court at Schlewig.
Spent years defended against Viking raids.
Supported the missionary work of Saint Vicelin.
Father of King Valdemar I, who worked for Canute's canonization.
King of the Western Wends in 1129.
Canute's uncle, King Nils of Denmark, opposed Canute coming to the throne, and arranged his murder.
Venerated in Denmark.
- Born
- c.1096 at Roskilde
- Died
- murdered in 1131 by his cousins Magnus Nielsen and Henry Skadelaar in the forest of Haraldsted near Ringsted in Zeeland;
declared a martyr for justice;
relics enshrined at Ringsted 25 June 1170
- Canonized
- 1169 by Pope Alexander III
- Patronage
- Zeeland, Denmark
- Representation
- knight with a wreath, lance, and ciborium
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