ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL
Saints celebrated on the 10th of April
ESKIL, ARCHBISHOP OF LUND
This holy Eskil (Eskilus) was of royal lineage. He studied in Hildesheim when, at one point, he became so ill that he was considered at death's door. Through the intercession of the blessed Virgin, however, Eskil - most wonderfully - made a full recovery.
He later became Archbishop of Lund, Legate of the Apostolic See and Primate of Denmark. As such, in A.D. 1163, he authored the Scanian Church Law, through which the Nordic Church also gained internal stability. With heroic courage, Bishop Eskil fought for rights and freedom for the Church. In return for his endeavours he had to endure many hardships by the secular world - he was even imprisoned and later exiled. Eskil resigned his episcopal office in the end, became a monk at Clairvaux, and died in 1181. Miracles in life and after his death testify to the godliness of his conduct. (Buc.)
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org
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