Henry (bishop of Finland)
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Henry was a medieval English clergyman. He came to Sweden with Cardinal Nicholas Breakspeare in 1153 and was most likely designated to be the new Archbishop of Uppsala, but the independent church province of Sweden could only be established in 1164 after the civil war, and Henry would have been sent to organize the Church in Finland, where Christians had already existed for two centuries.
Henry walking on his murderer Lalli. Painting from the Church of Taivassalo about 1450.
Bishop Henry surrounded by his successors as depicted in Missale Aboense.
Cathedral of Turku was the center of Henry's cult.
Henry was also venerated in the Cathedral of Lund.
Archbishop of Uppsala
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The Archbishop of Uppsala has been the primate of Sweden in an unbroken succession since 1164, first during the Catholic era, and from the 1530s and onward under the Lutheran church.
The Archbishop's Palace in Uppsala was designed in the 18th century by the architect Carl Hårleman, but built on older foundations.
Uppsala Cathedral, seat of the Archbishop of Uppsala