Saint Clement's Cathedral
Bishop Ulfketil built a wooden church in 1102 to contain the relics of Saint Clement. In about 1150 the Venerable Niels, Prince of Denmark was buried in the churchyard. The offerings at his tomb facilitated the commencement of a new stone cathedral.
Peter Vagnsen, Svend Udsson's successor, began the construction of the stone Cathedral of Saint Clement in 1201, which was finished about 1263. In 1330 the greater part of it was burnt down. Peter Jensen Lodeliat (1386-1395) and Bo Magnussen (1395-1423) were the prelates mainly concerned in the erection of the present building.
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