Paulus Juusten

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Paulus Juusten (* around 1516 in Juustila near Wiborg ; † August 22, 1575 in Turku ) was Bishop of Wiborg and Turku in Finland . He is considered one of the most important Finnish church leaders of the Reformation .

Life

Juusten was born into a middle-class family from Wiborg. He was ordained a priest around 1540. He worked as a chaplain to Bishop Martin Skytte and was a school principal in Wiborg. 1543 he traveled to Wittenberg in Germany and studied at the climate of the Reformation University of Wittenberg theology and one of the few Finnish students at the university. The lectures were mainly given by Philipp Melanchton . Melanchton then gave Juusten a letter of recommendation to King Gustav I Wasa and the Turku Cathedral Chapter after completing his studies in 1546 .

A page of the bishop's chronicles by Paul Juusten, from around 1565

He returned to Finland and became rector of the Turku Cathedral School, where the Finnish priest formation took place. In 1554 Juusten became the first bishop of the diocese of Wiborg, which was newly created after the division of the Finnish diocese . In 1563 he became bishop of Turku. He held this office until his death.

Around 1565 he compiled and edited a collection of older Finnish episcopal chronicles with the title Catalogus et ordinaria successio episcoporum Finlandensium . It was completed and edited by Henrik Gabriel Porthan more than a century later . The work led to Juusten being considered the father of Finnish historiography.

In 1574 he published a catechism in Finnish . A Finnish missal followed in 1575 .

literature

Web links

Commons : Paulus Juusten  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Simo Heininen, The Finnish Students in Wittenberg 1531-1552, Helsinki, 1980, pp. 20–68, 91–94.
  2. ↑ Juusten's episcopal chronicle is available as an edition: Simo Heininen, Paul Juusten: Catalogus et ordinaria successio episcoporum Finlandensium, Helsinki 1988.
  3. ↑ Simo Heininen, Suomalaisen historiankirjoituksen synty: tutkimus Paavali Juustenin piispainkronikasta, Helsinki 1989.
predecessor Office successor
- Bishop of Vyborg
1554–1563 		Canutus Johannis
predecessor Office successor
Pietari Follingius Bishop of Turku
1563–1575 		Ericus Erici Sorolainen
personal data
SURNAME Juusten, Paulus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish bishop
DATE OF BIRTH around 1516
PLACE OF BIRTH Juustila near Wiborg
DATE OF DEATH August 22, 1575
Place of death Turku