Mikael Olavinpoika

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Mikael Olavinpoika, better known as 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
alsoKnownAs Michael Agricola
Mikael Agricola
birthPlace Kingdom of Sweden
Pernå
present-day Finland
birthYear c. 1510
citizenship Kingdom of Sweden NERFINISHED
countryOfActivity Finland
deathDate 9 April 1557
deathPlace Kingdom of Sweden
Uusikirkko
near Viborg
diocese Diocese of Turku
educatedAt University of Wittenberg NERFINISHED
under Martin Luther
under Philipp Melanchthon
ethnicity Finnish
fieldOfWork Finnish language standardization
biblical translation
theology
honorificTitle father of written Finnish
influenced Finnish Lutheran Church
Finnish literature
development of standard Finnish orthography
influencedBy Martin Luther
Philipp Melanchthon
languageOfWorkOrName Finnish
Latin
Swedish
movement Protestant Reformation
notableFor developing written Finnish
introducing the Reformation to Finland
translating religious texts into Finnish
notableWork ABC-kiria
Finnish translation of the New Testament
Rucouskiria Bibliasta
occupation bishop
clergyman
scholar
translator
positionHeld Bishop of Turku
religion Lutheranism
workLocation Turku NERFINISHED

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Mikael Agricola
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