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Olaus Magnus, or Magni (Magnus, Latin for the Swedish Stora -- great -- is the family name, and not a personal epithet), reported as born in October 1490 in Linköping, and died on August 1, 1557, was a Swedish ecclesiastic and writer, who did pioneering work for the interest of Nordic people. Events Tirant Lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell, Martà Joan De Galba is published. ...
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Biography
Like his elder brother, Johannes Magnus, he obtained several ecclesiastical preferments. Among them a canonry at Uppsala and Linköping, and the archdeaconry of Strängnäs. He was furthermore employed on various diplomatic services, such as a mission to Rome, on behalf of Gustav I of Sweden (Vasa), to procure the appointment of Johannes Magnus as archbishop of Uppsala. However, on the success of the reformation in Sweden his attachment to the Catholic church forced him to accompany his brother into exile. Johannes Magnus, (before 1530 Johannes Magni, a Latin translation of his birth name Johannes Store) was born March 19, 1488 in Linköping, Sweden and died March 22, 1544 in Rome, and was the son of MÃ¥ns Petersson Store och Kristina Magnus. ...
A canon (from the Latin canonicus and Greek κανωνικωσ relating to a rule) is a priest who is a member of certain bodies of the Christian clergy subject to a rule (canon). ...
Uppsala (older spelling Upsala) 59°51′ N 17°38′ E is a Swedish City in central Sweden, located about 70 km north of Stockholm. ...
An archdeacon is a position in Christian churches. ...
Strängnäs is a Municipality in Södermanland County, in central Sweden, located by Lake Mälaren. ...
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The Patriarchal cross The Archbishops Palace in Uppsala, designed in the 18th century by the architect Carl HÃ¥rleman, but built on older foundations. ...
The Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and Anabaptists. ...
The Roman Catholic Church believes its founding was based on Jesus appointment of Saint Peter as the primary church leader, later Bishop of Rome. ...
Settling at Rome, from 1527, he acted as his brother's secretary. At Johannes death in 1544, he ultimately became his successor as Archbishop of Uppsala, admittedly nothing more than a title, as he never could return to Sweden. Pope Paul III in 1546, sent him to the council of Trent; later, he became canon of St Lambert in Liège. King Sigismund I of Poland offered him a canonry at Posen, but most of his life, after his brother's death, seems to have been spent in the monastery of St Brigitta in Rome, where he subsisted on a pension assigned him by the pope. City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area - City Proper 1285 km² Population - City (2004) - Metropolitan - Density (city proper) 2. ...
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The Patriarchal cross The Archbishops Palace in Uppsala, designed in the 18th century by the architect Carl HÃ¥rleman, but built on older foundations. ...
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Liège (Dutch: Luik, German: Lüttich; before 1946, the citys name was written Liége, with the acute accent) is a major city located in the Belgian province of Liège, of which it is the capital. ...
Reign From December 8, 1506 until April 1, 1548 Coronation On January 24, 1507 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Royal House Jagiellon Parents Kazimierz IV Jagiellończyk Elżbieta Rakuszanka Consorts Katarzyna Telniczanka Barbara Zapolya Bona Sforza Children with Katarzyna Telniczanka Jan Regina Katarzyna with Barbara Zapolya Jadwiga...
Motto: none Voivodship Greater Poland Municipal government Rada miasta Poznania Mayor Ryszard Grobelny Area 261,3 km² Population - city - urban - density 578 900 (2002) 850 000 2215/km² Founded City rights 8th century 1253 Latitude Longitude 52°1734 N - 52°3027 N 16°4408 E - 17°04...
Works
 Dwarfes fighting Cranes in northern Sweden He is best remembered as the author of the famous Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus (History of the Northern People), printed in Rome 1555, a work which long remained for the rest of Europe the authority on Swedish matters. Its popularity increased by the many small sketches of people and their customs, amazing the rest of Europe. It was translated into Italian (1565), German (1567), English (1658) and Dutch (1665). Abridgments of the work appeared also at Antwerp (1558 and 1562), Paris (1561), Amsterdam (1586), Frankfort (1618) and Leiden (1652). It is still today a valuable repertory of much curious information in regard to Scandinavian customs and folk-lore . Image File history File links Hdgs_Cranes_fighting_Dwarfes. ...
Image File history File links Hdgs_Cranes_fighting_Dwarfes. ...
The Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus was a monumental work by Olaus Magnus on the Nordic countries, printed in Rome 1555. ...
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Following the death of his brother, he also let publish those historical works he had written. Olaus had already earlier written Carta marina et Descriptio septemtrionalium terrarum ac mirabilium rerum in eis contentarum, diligentissime elaborata Anno Domini 1539 Veneciis liberalitate Reverendissimi Domini Ieronimi Quirini, which translates as "A Marine map and Description of the Northern Lands and of their Marvels, most carefully drawn up at Venice in the year 1539 through the generous assistance of the Most Honourable Lord and Patriarch Hieronymo Quirino" (Lynam 1949, 3). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2508x1857, 3176 KB) w:Carta marina, a wallmap of Scandinavia, by w:Olaus Magnus. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2508x1857, 3176 KB) w:Carta marina, a wallmap of Scandinavia, by w:Olaus Magnus. ...
The Carta Marina, drawn by Olaus Magnus. ...
The Carta Marina, drawn by Olaus Magnus. ...
It included a map of Northern Europe with a map of Scandinavia, which was rediscovered in the 19th century and shown to be the most accurate depiction of its time. The map is referred to as "carta marina", and consists of 9 parts, and is remarkably large: 125 cm high and 170 cm wide. For other uses, see Scandinavia (disambiguation). ...
References Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Category:Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus - This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, a publication in the public domain.
- ((Swedish)) article Olaus Magni Nordisk familjebok
- Carta Marina James Bell Ford Library, Minnesota
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