Olaus Petri

Hans Brask

Catholic Opponents of the Reformation

The last great Catholic bishop of Sweden, who fought Olaus Petri and the Reformation until he went into exile in 1527.

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Olaus and Laurentius Petri

European Reformers

A short account of the brothers Olaus Petri (d. 1552) and Laurentius Petri (1499–1573), Wittenberg-trained reformers of Sweden, translators of the Swedish Bible, and first Lutheran archbishop of Uppsala.

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