Mikael Agricola

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Bible translator Lutheran clergyman Reformation leader human linguist theologian writer

Mikael Agricola was a 16th-century Finnish clergyman and scholar regarded as the father of written Finnish and a key figure in the Protestant Reformation in Finland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible translator ⓘ
Lutheran clergyman ⓘ
Reformation leader ⓘ
human ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
writer ⓘ
birthName Mikael Olavinpoika ⓘ
birthPlace Kingdom of Sweden (1523–1611) ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Sweden

Pernå ⓘ
birthYear c. 1510 ⓘ
causeOfDeath sudden illness ⓘ
commemoratedOn April 9 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Sweden ⓘ
deathDate 1557-04-09 ⓘ
deathPlace Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Uusikirkko ⓘ
educatedAt University of Wittenberg ⓘ
ethnicGroup Finnish ⓘ
familyName Agricola ⓘ
fieldOfWork Bible translation ⓘ
Finnish language ⓘ
theology ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Mikael ⓘ
hasCanonicalNameForm Mikael Agricola self-link ⓘ
influenced Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
surface form: Finnish Lutheran Church

Finnish literature ⓘ
knownFor being the father of written Finnish ⓘ
standardizing Finnish orthography ⓘ
translating the New Testament into Finnish ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Finnish ⓘ
Ecclesiastical Latin ⓘ
surface form: Latin

Swedish ⓘ
movement Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Protestant Reformation
notableWork Abckiria ⓘ
Rucouskiria Bibliasta ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
surface form: Se Wsi Testamenti
occupation bishop ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
translator ⓘ
participatedIn Protestant Reformation in Finland ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Turku ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
studentOf Martin Luther ⓘ
Philip Melanchthon ⓘ
surface form: Philipp Melanchthon
workLocation Diocese of Turku ⓘ
Turku ⓘ

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Mikael Olavinpoika → alsoKnownAs → Mikael Agricola ⓘ
Mikael Agricola → hasCanonicalNameForm → Mikael Agricola self-link ⓘ
Agricola → hasNotableBearer → Mikael Agricola ⓘ