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Studied in Strassburg and Basel, Dean In Ribe, Pastor and "Kannik" at Ribe Cathedral. While the son of Niels Hansen Griisbech, Christen chose to use the last name of his mother's first husband. Eclesiastic coat of arms includes an hourglass, a crown, a spade and a spear. "Kannik means a member of a "cathedral chapter" and a cathedral chapter means a college of priests in a Catholic cathedral. Note: This being more than 50 years after the Reformation came to Denmark, the term Kannik must have remained in use into Protestant times.[1]
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