Petrus Särkilahti (a.k.a. Pietari Särkilahti, sometimes written as ''Petrus Saerkilahti''; died 1529) 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 See also ...

student of

Martin Luther Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation and the namesake of Lutherani ...

and one of the early pioneers of teaching science in the

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. He spread the idea of the religious

Reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...

eagerly.Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
/ref> In

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

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, Särkilahti met

Mikael Agricola Mikael Agricola (; c. 1510 – 9 April 1557) was a Finnish Lutheran clergyman who became the de facto founder of literary Finnish and a prominent proponent of the Protestant Reformation in Sweden, including Finland, which was a Swedish territo ...

, who became his student. In 1538, the first known books written entirely in

were published by Agricola. Agricola therefore became called by many ''the father of the written Finnish language''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarkilahti, Petrus 15th-century births 1529 deaths History of Christianity in Finland 16th-century Finnish Lutheran clergy Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland 16th-century Finnish scientists Protestant Reformers