Jacobus Petri Finno (about 1540–1588), sometimes known as Jaakko Finno or the proper Finnish form of his fake name Jaakko Suomalainen (James the Finn), was a
Finnish
Finnish may refer to:
* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
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priest and the rector (headmaster) of the
Cathedral School of Turku.
He was the publisher of the first Finnish-language
hymnal
A hymnal or hymnary is a collection of hymns, usually in the form of a book, called a hymnbook (or hymn book). Hymnals are used in congregational singing. A hymnal may contain only hymn texts (normal for most hymnals for most centuries of Chri ...
as well as a
catechism
A catechism (; from grc, κατηχέω, "to teach orally") is a summary or exposition of doctrine and serves as a learning introduction to the Sacraments traditionally used in catechesis, or Christian religious teaching of children and adult c ...
and a
prayer book
A prayer book is a book containing prayers and perhaps devotional readings, for private or communal use, or in some cases, outlining the liturgy of religious services. Books containing mainly orders of religious services, or readings for them are ...
. Finno was doctrinally a moderate
reformer.
References
*Jaakko Finnon virsikirja. Toimittanut ja jälkisanan laatinut Pentti Lempiäinen. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran toimituksia 463. Alkuteos julkaistu: Tukholma, noin 1583. Näköispainos sekä uudelleen ladottu laitos alkuperäisestä tekstistä ja sitä täydentävistä käsikirjoituksista. Helsinki: Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura, 1988. .
*Varpio, Yrjö & Liisi Huhtala 1999: Suomen kirjallisuushistoria. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. Helsinki.
Finnish writers
Lutheran writers
Finnish Lutheran hymnwriters
16th-century Finnish Lutheran clergy
Translators to Finnish
1540 births
1588 deaths
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