Country of origin
Read the full stories of 2 saints whose birth or early family origins are associated with present-day Denmark.
Showing 1–2 of 2. Read each story’s origin note for traditional or disputed accounts.
Lay saint · 10 July
Canute IV, later known as Canute the Holy or Saint Canute, was King of Denmark from 1080 until 1086. Canute was an ambitious king who sought to strengthen the Danish monarchy, devotedly supported the Roman Catholic Church, and wanted the English throne.
Denmark · Early origin
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Lay saint · 7 January
Saint Knud, also known as Canute Lavard was a Danish prince. Later he was the first Duke of Schleswig and the first border prince who was both a Danish and a German vassal, a position leading towards the historical double position of Southern Jutland.
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