Mikael Agricola

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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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Mikael Agricola canonical 15

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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 Agricola hasCanonicalNameForm Mikael Agricola self-link
Mikael Olavinpoika alsoKnownAs Mikael Agricola
Agricola hasNotableBearer Mikael Agricola
Pernå birthplaceOf Mikael Agricola
Pernå hasNotablePerson Mikael Agricola
Bishop of Turku notableOfficeHolder Mikael Agricola
Rucouskiria Bibliasta author Mikael Agricola
Rucouskiria Bibliasta compiler Mikael Agricola
Uusikirkko notablePersonDiedHere Mikael Agricola
Abckiria author Mikael Agricola
Abckiria creator Mikael Agricola
Abckiria associatedWithPerson Mikael Agricola