Canute Mikkelsen

Danish Bishop of Viborg (1451–1478)

Most Reverend Canute Mikkelsen
Bishop of Viborg
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Viborg
In office	1451–1478
Predecessor	Leif Thor Olafsson
Successor	Niels Glob
Orders
Consecration	5 Mar 1452 by Radulphus

Canute Mikkelsen (or Canute Cobson) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Viborg (1451–1478).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Biography

On 14 Apr 1451, Canute Mikkelsen was appointed during the papacy of Pope Nicholas V as Bishop of Viborg.^[1] On 5 Mar 1452, he was consecrated bishop by Radulphus, Bishop of Città di Castello, with Giovanni Castiglione, Bishop of Penne e Atri, and Marco Marinoni, Bishop of Alessandria, serving as co-consecrators.^[1] He served as Bishop of Viborg until his resignation in 1478.^[1] He was killed by Chud raiders in 1488 for his large fortune of gems. This inspired a Chud folktale which told that in order to survive, he transformed himself so that he will always be a gem, and that he would be rediscovered in approximately half a millennium.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Bishop Canute Mikkelsen (Cobson)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
^ "Diocese of Viborg" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
^ "Diocese of Viborg" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016