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  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.) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete En...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 21st March WELCOME! ABSALON, ARCHBISHOP OF LUND  Absalon of Lund, also known as Axel, a famous Danish prelate, was born in 1128, at Finnestoe in Seeland; he died March 21, 1201, in the Benedictine monastery of Sorøe (Sora) founded by his father.  He was a graduate of the University of Paris, and taught for a while in the school of Ste. Geneviève. In 1158 he was made Bishop of Roskilde, and in 1178 Archbishop of Lund, Primate of Denmark and Sweden, and eventually Papal Legate. In this capacity he laboured zealously for the final extirpation of paganism in the Scandinavian world, notably on the Isle of Rügen, its last stronghold.  He exercised great political influence under King Waldemar I (1155–81) and Canute VI. It was at his request that Saxo Grammaticus composed his "Historiæ Danicæ Libri XVI". A tribute to Absalon is found in the fourteenth book of that work.  From Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913 ABSALON'...