Magnus (bishop)

{{Short description|Roman Catholic bishop of Turku}} {{distinguish|Magnus (bishop of Milan)}} '''Bishop Magnus I''', also known as '''Mauno''', was the [[Roman Catholic]] [[bishop of Turku]] between 1291 and 1308.<ref name=msae> {{cite book | last1 = Pulsiano | first1 = Phillip | last2 = Wolf | first2 = Kirsten | title = Medieval Scandinavia: an encyclopedia | publisher = Taylor & Francis | year = 1993 | isbn = 978-0-8240-4787-0 }} </ref> He was the first bishop who is known to have been born in [[Finland]]. He also helped to complete the [[Christianization]] of Finland started by [[Henry, Bishop of Uppsala|St. Henry]].<ref name=fac>{{cite book | last = Pfatteicher | first = Phillip | title = Festivals and Commemorations | publisher = Augsburg Fortress | year = 1980 | isbn = 978-0-8066-1757-2 }}</ref>

In 1300, Bishop Magnus [[Translation (relics)|translated]] the relics of St. Henry during a period of consolidation of religious and secular power in [[Medieval]] [[Northern Europe]].<ref name=sitn>{{cite book | last = DuBois | first = Thomas Andrew | title = Sanctity in the North: Saints, Lives, and Cults in Medieval Scandinavia | publisher = University of Toronto Press | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-0-8020-9410-0 }}</ref> In the same year, he consecrated [[Turku Cathedral]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blf.fi/artikel.php?id=223|title=MAGNUS (d. 1308) Biskop i Åbo|publisher=Biografiskt lexikon för Finland|access-date=17 August 2024|language=sv}}</ref>

==See also== * [[List of bishops of Turku]]

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