Johannes Stephani Bellinus (died 1617) was a Swedish prelate and vicar in Enköping,

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. Johannes Stephani Bellinus was son to

Stephanus Andreae {{short description, Swedish vicar Stephanus Andreae, ''floruit'' 1571, was a Swedish vicar in Bälinge, Uppsala Municipality, Bälinge, Archdiocese of Uppsala, and Member of the Clergy of the Riksdag of the Estates of Sweden. Stephanus Andreae was ...

and brother to Olaus Stephani Bellinus and Christopherus Stephani Bellinus. He served as pastor in Bälinge,

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1572 and in Enköping. He participated at the Uppsala synod in 1593. Bellinus was in good standing to the kings John III och Sigismund but not the Duke Charles, who opposed his appointment altogether despite vocal advocacy by the local community. Johannes Stephani Bellinus was discharged from his office at the time that the same thing happened to his brother, bishop Olaus Stephani Bellinus. Despite attributions to high age, unapproval of Duke Charles seems to have been a major factor. Bellinus was succeeded by Ericus Olai Skepperus. Bellinus retreated to the estate that he had been given by King Sigismund, where he ended his days. He died in 1617 and was buried in the

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in Enköping,

, with the inscription:

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bellinus, Johannes Stephani Year of birth unknown 1617 deaths 17th-century Swedish Lutheran priests Archdiocese of Uppsala 16th-century Swedish Lutheran priests