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Absalon or Axel (c. 1128 – 21 March 1201) was a Danish archbishop and statesman who was the Bishop of Roskilde from 1158 to 1192 and Archbishop of Lund from 1178 until his death. He was the foremost politician and churchfather of Denmark in the second half of the 12th century and was the closest advisor of King Valdemar I of Denmark.

Copenhagen_statue_of_Absalon.jpg
birth date
1128-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Sorø
death date
1201-03-21
death place
Sorø

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