Maunu Tavast

Postage stamp depicting Maunu Tawast (1933)

Maunu Olavinpoika Tavast (* around 1357 in Mynämäki , † March 9, 1452 in Naantali ), Swedish Magnus Tavast, was a Finnish clergyman and scholar. From 1412 to 1450 he was Bishop of Turku . He initiated several renovations to the local cathedral , which gave it its current appearance, and donated eight altars. He also expanded Kuusisto Castle , which was built of wood at the time , but which under Bishop Konrad Bitz burned to the ground.

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Maunu Tavast was called Bishop of Turku on October 21, 1412. He worked as an advisor to three kings and pacified a. a. a riot that had broken out in Satakunta . It was thanks to his influence that the judiciary in Finland was strengthened through the appointment of judges . The episcopal chronicle of Paul Juusten reports that the bishop was a man of deep and heartfelt piety, who led every hour of prayer in his chapel himself and always urged his chaplains to sing mass . He “moved” the monks and nuns of the Birgit Order from Vadstena to Naantali to a monastery to which he himself had donated the sacristy and main choir.

Around 1450, after an episcopate lasting 38 years, he resigned from the episcopate and retired to a house that he had built near the monastery he had founded in Naantali. He died there two years later.

literature

• Simo Heininen, Markku Heikkilä: Church history of Finland . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2002, ISBN 978-3-52-555444-9 , pp. 28-45, p. 230.

Web links

Commons : Maunu Tavast  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Entry on Magnus Olaf Tavast on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on June 8, 2016.

predecessor	Office	successor
Bero Balk	Bishop of Turku 1412–1450	Olaus Magni