Johannes Magnus

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 Måns Petersson Store och Kristina Magnus. He was the last Catholic Archbishop in Sweden, and also a theologist, genealogist, and historian.

References

• http://runeberg.org/sbh/b0115.html Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon (Swedish)