Johan was a Swedish priest and Dominican friar. He served as the

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from 1286 to 1290 and

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from 1290 to 1291. According to some sources, Johan was born in Poland, according to others in Uppsala. Before his assignment to Turku, he worked as the

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at the Dominican monastery in

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(''Sigtuna dominikankonvent''). He died in

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while travelling to

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to receive the

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*Tesch, Sten (1997) ''Mariakyrkan i Sigtuna dominikankonvent och församlingskyrka 1247-1997'' *Åsbrink, Gustav & Westman, Knut B. (1935)''Svea rikes ärkebiskopar från 1164 till nuvarande tid'' (Stockholm: Bokförlaget Natur och Kultur) *Paulsson, Göte (1974) ''Annales Suecici medii aevi'' (Stockholm: Gleerup) 13th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Sweden Roman Catholic archbishops of Uppsala Roman Catholic bishops of Turku {{Sweden-RC-archbishop-stub

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