Olaus Petri
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clergyman, writer, judge and major contributor to the Protestant Reformation in Sweden
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Vinony's link graph records 294 inbound references to Olaus Petri, and connects out to Lutheranism, Catholic Church and Philipp Melanchthon.
Vinony files it under 1493 births, 1552 deaths and 16th-century Swedish Lutheran priests.
Vinony links it to 25 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The manual of Olavus Petri, 1529
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Sweden
- Active from
- 1493-01-06
- Active to
- 1552-04-19
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Olof
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Örebro
- Sibling
- Laurentius Petri
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Uppsala University
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Notable work
- Gustav Vasa Bible
- Participant in
- Protestant Reformation
- Image
- Örebro Olaus Petri kyrka staty.JPG
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- Commons category
- Olaus Petri
- date of birth
- 1493-01-06
- date of death
- 1552-04-19
- Commons gallery
- Olaus Petri
- name in native language
- Olaus Petri
- birth name
- Olof Pettersson
- place of burial
- Storkyrkan
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- feast day
- April 19
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
14 objects attributed to Olaus Petri, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Stockholm
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Martin Luther
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New Testament
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Elizabeth I
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Johannes Gutenberg
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Old Testament
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Categories
1493 births1552 deaths16th-century Swedish Lutheran priestsCommons link from WikidataLutheran saintsPeople celebrated in the Lutheran liturgical calendarPeople excommunicated by the Catholic ChurchPeople from ÖrebroProtestant ReformersStockholm BloodbathSwedish ReformationTranslators of the Bible into Swedish