Jonas Magni Wexionensis

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The Right Reverend

Jonas Magni Wexionensis
Bishop of Skara
Church Church of Sweden
Diocese Skara
In office1640–1651
PredecessorSveno Svenonis
SuccessorOlof Fristadius
Orders
Consecration13 January 1631
by  Laurentius Paulinus Gothus
Personal details
Born(1583-03-11)March 11, 1583
Växjö, Sweden
DiedApril 3, 1651(1651-04-03) (aged 68)
Skara, Sweden
Buried Skara Cathedral
Nationality Swedish
Denomination Lutheran
ParentsMagnus Petri & Ingerd Jönsdotter
SpouseSigrid Johansdotter Bubb
Children7

Jonas Magni Wexionensis (11 March 1583 - 3 April 1651) was a Swedish prelate who was a professor and head of Uppsala University and served as Bishop of Skara from 1640 till 1651.

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Early life

Jonas Magni was born on March 11, 1583 in Växjö, Sweden. He added the name Wexionensis in honor of his birthplace. His father was Magnus Petri who was vicar in Växjö. His mother was Ingerd Jönsdotter and had a total of eleven children, all males who became church leaders. He was educated in Växjö and Linköping and later studied at Uppsala University. After the death of his father from the plague, he left for Germany where he remained for ten years. He studied for a master's degree in Wittenberg in 1610, which studied where partly financed through a royal scholarship. Upon his return to Sweden in 1614, Wexionensis was appointed ethics professor in Uppsala University.

Professor in Uppsala

As a professor of ethics, Jonas Magni Wexionensis was in conflict with those who defended Ramism, including Laurentius Paulinus Gothus who was backed by the chancellor of the university Johan Skytte. In 1620, Jonas Magni's ethics professorship was changed into the professorship in history, a consequence of the importance he gave to Aristotle, above that of Petrus Ramus. However, in the 1620s, Johan Skytte's philosophical views concerning Aristotle shifted and consequently, he appointed Jonas Magni as the professor of theology in 1624, a post he undertook two years after the appointment.

Bishop

During his time at the university, he served as head for three times. He was nominated as Archbishop of Uppsala in 1636 but Axel Oxenstierna, the Lord High Chancellor of Sweden, did not view him as having the necessary authority to be Archbishop. Nevertheless, in 1640 he was appointed Bishop of Skara. He was consecrated in Stockholm on January 13, 1641 by Archbishop Laurentius Paulinus Gothus and was commissioned to commence his episcopacy in Skara on March 3. In 1641 he founded the Katedralskolan, Skara, which was also approved by Queen Christina on August 31 of the same year. In 1647 he was once more nominated for the Archbishopric of Uppsala, however he received 39 votes and was defeated by Johannes Canuti Lenaeus whom he then consecrated. [1]

Family

Jonas Magni Wexionensis was married to Sigrid Johansdotter Bubb and had seven children.

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References

  1. Hjalmar, Holmquist (1910). Nordisk familjebok , p. 86.