Petrus was the third

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, Sweden, between 1187 and 1197. He was ordained by the mighty Danish archbishop

Absalon Absalon (21 March 1201) was a Danish statesman and prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of Roskilde from 1158 to 1192 and archbishop of Lund from 1178 until his death. He was the foremost politician and church father of De ...

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, the

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of Sweden at that time. When Sweden got a new king, Sverker, who was related to the Danish Royal Court, Absalon extended his authority over Sweden. When Petrus in 1196 elected three bishops, Absalon requested the Pope to interact since the bishops were the sons of other priests, and this was not allowed according to

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. He also mentioned that several Swedish bishops refused to travel to Absalon's

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s. Absalon was an authoritative person whom the Pope entrusted and gave him right, but by this time Petrus had already died.

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* ''Svea Rikes Ärkebiskopar'', 1935. Roman Catholic archbishops of Uppsala 12th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Sweden Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{Sweden-RC-archbishop-stub

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