Jens Nilssøn
Illustration — A portrait traditionally believed to be Jens Nilssøn, although it is now considered likely to be his successor as Bishop, Anders Bendssøn Dall Jens Nilssøn (in Latin Joannis Nicolai) (1538–1600) was a Norwegian clergyman, educator, poet and author. He served as the Bishop of Oslo from the years 1580 to 1600.
Jens Nilssøn
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- Jens Nilssøn was born in 1538. · Oslo.
- Died
- Jens Nilssøn died in 1600.
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- Norway
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- theologian · poet · lutheran pastor · pedagogue · bishop · writer
- Education
- University of Copenhagen
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Illustration — A portrait traditionally believed to be Jens Nilssøn, although it is now considered likely to be his successor as Bishop, Anders Bendssøn Dall Jens Nilssøn (in Latin Joannis Nicolai) (1538–1600) was a Norwegian clergyman, educator, poet and author. He served as the Bishop of Oslo from the years 1580 to 1600.
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Jens Nilssøn was a bishop, lutheran pastor and pedagogue, among other activities, of Norwegian nationality. The bishop was born in Oslo.
Jens Nilssøn was educated at University of Copenhagen. The bishop held the position of bishop of Oslo.
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Nilssøn was born in Oslo, Norway. After the death of his father, his mother moved to Denmark. He went to school in Copenhagen and Roskilde. He became Rector at Oslo Cathedral School in 1563. He was one of the Oslohumanisterne, a group of men associated with St. Hallvard's Cathedral and Oslo Cathedral School. Through their scholarly studies, they represented a breakthrough of humanism in Norway. He took his Master's Degree from the University of Copenhagen in 1571. He served as an assistant and aide to Bishop Frants Berg and in 1564 he married the bishop's daughter Magdalena (1546-1583). When Bishop Berg retired in 1580, Jens Nilsson succeeded him in the bishopric. As Bishop, he oversaw the completion of the Reformation in his diocese. He published several books in Latin and Danish and corresponded with other leading personalities of the time in Denmark-Norway, among them Tycho Brahe. Due to his prolific writing, he is the Norwegian person who lived before 1600 who is best known today. He is known for his visitation books, which paint a unique picture of Norway in the 16th century. He also wrote poetry in Latin, was interested in natural sciences, particularly astronomy, and had a passion for Norwegian prehistory. He preserved several medieval manuscripts, including Jǫfraskinna, which included parts of Heimskringla.
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• Nilssøn, Jens: Ligpredicken som udi erlig velbyrdig oc salig Henrick Brockenhusis Begraffuelse bleff predicket i Oensø Kircke i Norge den 16. Junij Aar etc. 1588. Kiøbenhaffn: Wingaard, 1590. • Nilssøn, Jens: In Genesin seu primum Mosi volumen proœmium. Rostochii: Imprimebat Stephanus Myliander, 1597.
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• Brandrud, Andreas and Kolsrud, Oluf (eds.): To og Tredive Prædikener. Kristiania: Aschehoug, 1917. • Kraggerud, Egil (ed.): Johannes Nicolai. Biskop Jens Nilssøns latinske skrifter. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 2004. • Kyrkjebø, Rune (ed.): Heimskringla I etter Jǫfraskinna. Bergen: Nordisk institutt, 2001. • Nielsen, Yngvar: Biskop Jens Nilssøns liv og virksomhed 1538–1600, i Biskop Jens Nilssøns visitatsbøger og reiseerindringer 1574–1597. Kristiania: A. W. Brøgger, 1885. (Utgitt som faksimile på initiativ av Bohusläns hembygdsförening av Carl Zachariasson, Ed i 1981.).
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