Johannes Magnus
Johannes Magnus (born March 19, 1488 in Linköping , † March 22, 1544 in Rome ) was a Swedish clergyman. He was Archbishop of Uppsala and the last Catholic Archbishop before the Reformation entered Sweden.
Life
Magnus studied at the Skara Church School . He then studied from 1506 at the University of Leuven with the later Pope Hadrian VI. Theology .
In 1524 he and his brother Olaus Magnus went into exile due to the Reformation . They traveled to Rome to later settle in Gdansk . 1537 called Pope Paul III. Johannes Magnus to Mantua, where a reform council was to be held. It was moved to Vicenza a short time later, but ultimately did not materialize. In the meantime, the Magnus brothers came to live with the Patriarch of Venice Hieronymus Quirinius , where they devoted themselves to studying cartography and history. On the intervention of his mentor Quirinius, Johannes Magnus should be appointed legate "a latere" for the restoration of the Catholic faith in Sweden, Denmark and Norway, which, according to Garstein, failed due to resistance from part of the college of cardinals. Johannes Magnus spent the last years of his life in Rome, where he died in 1544.
Works
His work Historia de omnibus Gothorum Sueonumque regibus , based on ancient histories, was published posthumously (1554) , but it was not translated into Swedish until 1620. It puts the expansion of the Goths along the Baltic Sea coast in a genealogical context with the first biblical generations who repopulated the earth after the Flood. With this heroic "Gothic" self-image of the Swedes, he created a historical reference and legitimation for the Swedish aspirations for great power in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Johannes Magnus also wrote a Historia metropolitanae Ecclesiae Upsalensis , the history of the Archdiocese of Uppsala.
literature
- Johannes Magnus . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 2 : L – Z, including supplement . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 115 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Johannes Magnus in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oskar Garstein: Rome and the Counter-Reformation in Scandinavia. Volume 1: (1539-1583). Universitetsforlaget, Oslo 1963, pp. 12-14.
- ^ Wilhelm Friese: From the Reformation to the Baroque. In: Frtz Paul (ed.): Basic features of the newer Scandinavian literatures. Göttingen 1981, p. 6.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Gustav trolls |
Archbishop of Uppsala 1523–1544 |
Olaus Magnus |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Magnus, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish clergyman and the last Catholic archbishop in Sweden |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1488 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linkoping |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1544 |
| Place of death | Rome |