Magnus (bishop)
Appearance
Bishop Magnus I, or Mauno, was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Turku between 1291 and 1308.[1] He was the first bishop who is known to have been born in Finland. He also helped to complete the Christianization of Finland started by St. Henry.[2]
In 1300, Bishop Magnus translated the relics of St. Henry during a period of consolidation of religious and secular power in Medieval Northern Europe.[3] In the same year, he consecrated Turku Cathedral.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Pulsiano, Phillip; Wolf, Kirsten (1993). Medieval Scandinavia: an encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-8240-4787-0.
- ^ Pfatteicher, Phillip (1980). Festivals and Commemorations. Augsburg Fortress. ISBN 978-0-8066-1757-2.
- ^ DuBois, Thomas Andrew (2007). Sanctity in the North: Saints, Lives, and Cults in Medieval Scandinavia. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-9410-0.
- ^ "MAGNUS (d. 1308) Biskop i Åbo" (in Swedish). Biografiskt lexikon för Finland. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
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