Olaus Martini
The Most Reverend Olaus Martini | |
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Archbishop of Uppsala Primate of Sweden | |
Church | Church of Sweden |
Archdiocese | Uppsala |
Appointed | 1601 |
In office | 1601–1609 |
Predecessor | Nicolaus Olai Bothniensis |
Successor | Petrus Kenicius |
Orders | |
Consecration | 16 August 1601 by Petrus Kenicius |
Rank | Metropolitan Archbishop |
Personal details | |
Born | 1557 |
Died | 17 March 1609 Uppsala, Sweden |
Nationality | Swede |
Parents | Martinus Olai Gestricius Kristina Månsdotter |
Olof Mårtensson (1557 – 17 March 1609) also known by the Latin form Olaus Martini, was Archbishop of Uppsala from 1601 to his death.
Born in
University of Uppsala, but when it was temporarily closed in 1578 he travelled abroad. In 1583 he received his master's degree at the University of Rostock[1]
and then travelled home again.
On returning, he made a reputation for himself when he criticized the
Lutheran
since 1531.
The king's brother Duke Charles, who later became King
Calvinistic tenets—which he himself denied (see: crypto-Calvinism
).
In 1606 Martini had a text published which was sharply polemising against Catholic and Calvinistic tenets.
Although he was in opposition to the king and the duke, he was considered a hard-working and trustworthy man by the University of Uppsala and by his communion.
See also
- List of Archbishops of Uppsala