Johannes was the second

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, with a short-lived reign between 1185 and 1187.

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His name is sometimes spelled as 'Johan', the Swedish form of 'Johannes', but since the

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had yet to be established it is of little importance. Little is known about Johannes. Only a few months after the death of the first Archbishop Stefan, Johannes was selected by the Pope to be his successor. He was ordained by the

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—the

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over the newly established Swedish

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—by November 1185. In 1187, a ship from the not yet christianed

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entered

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, a lake close to Uppsala, on a plundering expedition. It sailed to

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, a prosperous city at that time, and plundered it. On its way back, barricades had been set up at

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, the only exit point and the place where Johannes was currently residing, to prevent the ship from escaping. The ship was however able to get around the barricades through a creek. There followed a battle; Johennes was killed during the pillage of Sigtuna by the pagan raiders (

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, or

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(2007)
''Sigtuna hukkumine''.
Haridus, 2007 (7-8), p 38–41

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* ''Svea Rikes Ärkebiskopar'', Uppsala, 1935

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