Olaus Petri, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Olaus Petri

clergyman, writer, judge and major contributor to the Protestant Reformation in Sweden

Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1493

Place of Birth: Örebro, Örebro County, Sweden

Date of Death: 19-Apr-1552

Profession: judge, writer, priest, historian, translator, theologian, cleric, Bible translator

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Olof Persson, sometimes Petersson (6 January 1493 – 19 April 1552), better known under the Latin form of his name, Olaus Petri (or less commonly, Olavus Petri), was a clergyman, writer, judge and major contributor to the Protestant Reformation in Sweden.
His brother, Laurentius Petri (Lars Persson), became the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden.