Johannes Canuti Lenaeus (29 November 1573 – 23 April 1669) was a professor at

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and

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in the

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Biography

Lenaeus was born at Länna parish in

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, Sweden where his father was parish priest. After several years of studies, mainly in Germany at universities in

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and

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, he was appointed professor of

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in 1604. After being ordained priest, he was in 1613 also appointed deputy vice-rector and professor of

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. After more studies in Germany, he was also appointed professor in

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and

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. In 1638, he was named the first theology professor and clergyman at Uppsala. Lenaeus was appointed Archbishop in 1647. He text he wrote, ''Logica peripatetica'' (1633), gave a revival to the philosophy of

peripatetics The Peripatetic school ( ) was a philosophical school founded in 335 BC by Aristotle in the Lyceum in ancient Athens. It was an informal institution whose members conducted philosophical and scientific inquiries. The school fell into decline after ...

(Aristotelian philosophy). Lenaeus was married in 1612 with Catharina Kenicia, daughter of

Petrus Kenicius Petrus Kenicius (1555 – 3 February 1636) was Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden from 1609 to his death. He got his education from the Universities of Wittenberg and Rostock. In 1589 he was put in prison by King John III of Swede ...

who was Archbishop of Uppsala from 1609 to his death in 1636.

References

Other sources

Nordisk Familjebok (1912), article Lenaeus
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lenaeus, Johannes Canuti 1573 births 1669 deaths People from Uppsala Municipality Wittenberg University alumni Academic staff of Uppsala University Lutheran archbishops of Uppsala 17th-century Lutheran archbishops 16th-century Swedish clergy 17th-century Swedish clergy