Isaacus Rothovius
Deceased Person
1572 – 1652
Who was Isaacus Rothovius?
Isaacus Rothovius was the bishop of Turku from 1627–1652. He was born in Sweden, and did not speak Finnish when he arrived in Turku. He also considered the Finns to be barbaric. Bishop Rothovius forced the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church and its priests to change several of their customs, such as reading different Bible passages from different sides of the church, and wearing colourful garments, which reminded him of Finland's Roman Catholic past. Bishop Rothovius's most notable achievements were his help in speeding up the translation of the entire Bible into Finnish, and in changing the Turku Cathedral School into the Gymnasium of Turku in 1630, and in supporting the establishment of the Academy of Turku in 1640.
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