Absalon, Danish archbishop (born c. 1128)

Absalon

Danish bishop and statesman (c. 1128–1201)

Absalon was a Danish statesman and prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of Roskilde from 1158 to 1192 and archbishop of Lund from 1178 until his death. He was the foremost politician and church father of Denmark in the second half of the 12th century, and was…