ABSALOM, archbishop of Lund in Denmark, an eminent statesman and warrior, a patron of learning, and the counselor and friend of Waldemar, his sovereign. By the vigour of his administration, and his successes in the field, he gave a lustre to the Danish name, and he is said to have been the founder of the city of Copenhagen. He was born A.D. 1128, and died in 1191.