Laurentius Petri, Swedish archbishop (born 1499)

Laurentius Petri

Swedish clergyman (1499–1573)

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 commemorated by the Evangelical Lutheran…