Laurentius Petri
Swedish archbishop
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Laurentius Petri Nericius was a Swedish clergyman and the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden. He and his brother Olaus Petri are, together with the King Gustav Vasa, regarded as the main Lutheran reformers of Sweden. They are... Wikipedia
Born: 1499, Örebro, Sweden
Died: October 27, 1573 (age 74 years), Uppsala, Sweden
Nationality: Swedish
Organization founded: Svenska Kyrkan (Swedish Church)
Siblings: Olaus Petri
Consecration: 22 September 1531; by Peder Månsson
Ordination: by Synod in 1531