07 Works, Today, January 19th, is Saint Canute’s Day, With Footnotes – 19

Canute IV, byname Canute the Holy, or Saint Canute, (born c. 1043—died July 10, 1086, Odense, Den.; canonized 1101; feast days January 19, July 10), martyr, patron saint, and king of Denmark from 1080 to 1086.

Canute succeeded his brother Harold Hen as king of Denmark. He opposed the aristocracy and kept a close association with the church in an attempt to create a powerful and centralized monarchy…