Johannes Magnus
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Johannes Magnus (a modified form of Ioannes Magnus, a
Life
Johannes Magnus was born in Linköping, son of the burgess Måns Pedersson and his wife Kristina Kruse. (His own later claims to be descended from a noble family named Store are unverified.)[1] Magnus was selected by
However, Gustav Vasa refused to reinstate Trolle. Instead he ignored the papal bull and took it upon himself to install Magnus without papal acceptance. Before long, however, Johannes Magnus rebelled by declaring his discontent with the Lutheran teachings spread by the brothers Olaus and Laurentius Petri, under the supervision of King Gustav Vasa. The King then sent him off to Russia as a diplomat in 1526. Johannes Magnus was careful not to return home during that time, realizing that he was unwanted. Gustav Vasa appointed a new archbishop, Laurentius Petri, in 1531, and Johannes realized that his time as archbishop was over.
His brother, Olaus Magnus, had meanwhile travelled to Rome to explain the matter of Gustav Trolle to the Pope. In 1533 the Pope finished investigating the Trolle matter and decided that Magnus was the most appropriate successor, and Magnus travelled to Rome to be ordained. However, as Sweden now no longer took direction from the Vatican, both brothers remained in Italy for the remainder of their lives.
Magnus spent his time in Venice and Rome, where he wrote two historical works about Sweden: Historia de omnibus Gothorum Sueonumque regibus and Historia metropolitanæ ecclesiæ Upsaliensis, which are important for their historical information, but are also filled with tales that have no reliable foundation. After the death of Johannes in 1544, the line of Swedish archbishops consecrated by the Pope ended. He died in Rome.
Works
The
Johannes Magnus made creative use of Jordanes'
The work is exceedingly patriotic and suggests that Denmark was populated by convicts exiled from Sweden, a charge drawing a sharp rebuttal from the Danish court.
A milestone in Swedish and European Gothicism, Johannes’ work proved fundamental in the birth of various declensions of Nordicism, arguing that humankind stemmed from the North and imbuing this cardinal point with powerful political and prophetical meanings.[3]
See also
- Ballad of Eric
- List of Archbishops of Uppsala
Footnotes
- ^ Sten Lindroth (1984), "Johannes Magnus", Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, vol. 24, p. 220
- ^ "Erik". Nordisk Familjebok. Runeberg.org. 1907.
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Sources
- F.F.V. Söderberg (1910), "Johannes Magnus", Nordisk familjebok (in Swedish)
- Herman Hofberg; Frithiof Heurlin; Viktor Millqvist; Olof Rubenson (1906), "Magnus, Johannes", Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon (in Swedish), vol. II, p. 115
External links
- Media related to Johannes Magnus at Wikimedia Commons