Canute Mikkelsen (or Canute Cobson) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Viborg (1451–1478).
[1][2][3] On 14 Apr 1451, Canute Mikkelsen was appointed during the papacy of Pope Nicholas V as Bishop of Viborg.
[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.
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