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Petrus de Dacia (ca. 1235–1289) was a 13th-century
''Om den saliga jungfrun Kristina av Stommeln''
trans. by Tryggve Lundén (Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag. 1950), Swedish male writers Swedish Dominicans Christian hagiographers 1289 deaths Year of birth unknown 13th-century Swedish people People from Gotland Year of birth uncertain {{Sweden-writer-stub
Petrus de Dacia (ca. 1235–1289) was a 13th-century Swedish
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friar of the Dominican Order
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He was most noted for his correspondence with the mystic and ecstatic Christina von Stommeln
Christina of Stommeln (24 July 1242 – 6 November 1312), also known as ''Christina Bruso'' and ''Christina Bruzo'', was a Roman Catholic mystic, ecstatic, and stigmatic.
Christina is believed to have been born on July 24, 1242, to farmers Heinr ...
. Though he wrote in Latin
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, Petrus de Dacia is often credited as the first author in Sweden
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.
Biography
Peter of Dacia was born around 1235 on the Swedish island ofGotland
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. He entered the Dominican order
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and studied in Cologne
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from 1266 to 1269 and in Paris from 1269 to 1270.
In 1271 he was appointed lector in the convent at Skänninge
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Before the local government reform in 1971 the ''City of Skä ...
in Östergötland
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. in 1283 he was became Prior of Sankt Nicolaus abbey church in Gotland where he died in 1288.
While at Cologne, he had met Christina von Stommeln
Christina of Stommeln (24 July 1242 – 6 November 1312), also known as ''Christina Bruso'' and ''Christina Bruzo'', was a Roman Catholic mystic, ecstatic, and stigmatic.
Christina is believed to have been born on July 24, 1242, to farmers Heinr ...
(1242–1312). Christina lived around Stommeln near Cologne and had entered the convent of the Beguines
The Beguines () and the Beghards () were Christian lay religious orders that were active in Western Europe, particularly in the Low Countries, in the 13th–16th centuries. Their members lived in semi-monastic communities but did not take form ...
at Cologne. Over a period of two decades, she reportedly received stigmata
Stigmata ( grc, στίγματα, plural of , 'mark, spot, brand'), in Roman Catholicism, are bodily wounds, scars and pain which appear in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ: the hands, wrists, and feet.
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on an annual basis. Peter visited Christine in 1270 on his way back from Paris and again in 1279. He also maintained a lifetime correspondence with her.
References
Other sources
*Sebastian Sobecki (2006). "Peter of Dacia". In Geary, Patrick, ''Lexikon des Mittelalters/International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages''. * * Petrus de Dacia''Om den saliga jungfrun Kristina av Stommeln''
trans. by Tryggve Lundén (Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag. 1950), Swedish male writers Swedish Dominicans Christian hagiographers 1289 deaths Year of birth unknown 13th-century Swedish people People from Gotland Year of birth uncertain {{Sweden-writer-stub