Thomas (bishop)
Thomas († 1248 in Visby ) was Bishop of Turku in Finland .
Life
He was a canon in Uppsala and then became Bishop of Turku in the late 1220s. He is considered the fourth bishop of Finland. During his tenure, Sweden greatly expanded its influence to the east. The expansion went hand in hand with the establishment of a feudal church system. In 1237 an uprising broke out in Häme , which was largely still pagan . With the backing of the Pope, the uprising was put down in a crusade . At the same time, efforts were made to push back the Orthodox Church active in the East, a policy that was supported by Thomas. With the defeat of the Swedish army against Novgorod troops under Alexander Newski in 1240 at the mouth of the Neva in the Battle of the Neva , further eastward expansion failed. Since then, the border of the zones of influence ran through Karelia .
In 1245, Thomas resigned as bishop after torturing a man to death and forging a letter from the Pope. The farewell deed was signed by Pope Innocent IV . Thomas retired to a Dominican monastery in Visby on Gotland .
He left an important library to the Dominican monastery in Sigtuna , which is now in the Uppsala University Library .
literature
- Jussi Nuorteva : Thomas. In: Olli Alho (Hrsg.): Kulturlexikon Finland. 2nd Edition. Finnish Literature Society , Helsinki 1999, ISBN 951-717-032-5 , page 300 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Jussi Nuorteva: Thomas. In: Olli Alho (Hrsg.): Kulturlexikon Finland. 2nd Edition. Finnish Literature Society, Helsinki 1999, ISBN 951-717-032-5 , page 300
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Folquinus |
Bishop of Turku in the late 1220s – 1245 |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Thomas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thomas Anglicus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Turku |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th century or 13th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1248 |
| Place of death | Visby |