Æschillus (Eskil) Petræus (born 1593 in

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; died 27 September 1657 in

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, now in

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) was

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in 1652–1657.

Biography

Petræus was lecturer and Dean of the grammar school in Turku. He was also the first professor of theology at Turku Academy and Rector of the University. Petræus was from the Swedish-speaking part of Sweden, but well versed in the Finnish language. He, among other things, led a Bible Translation Committee and published the first grammar of the Finnish language, ''Linguae Finnicae brevis institutio'' in 1649.Æschillus Petræus, ''Linguæ finnicæ brevis institutio, exhibens vocum flectiones per casus, gradus & tempora, nec non partium indeclinabilium significationem, dictionumq; constructionem & prosodiam. Ad usum accommodata'' (Åbo: Wald, 1649), http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fd2015-00009344. On 20 October 1652 he was appointed Bishop of Turku and was consecrated on 24 October at the

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1593 births 1657 deaths Finnish scholars Finnish lexicographers Lutheran archbishops and bishops of Turku {{Bishop-stub