Niels Claussøn Senning (c. 1580 – 1617) was a Danish/Norwegian Lutheran Bishop.
Senning was born in
Helsingør
Helsingør ( , ; ), classically known in English as Elsinore ( ), is a coastal city in northeastern Denmark. Helsingør Municipality had a population of 63,953 on 1 January 2025, making it the 23rd most populated municipality in Denmark. Helsin ...
, Denmark. He studied at the
University of Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen (, KU) is a public university, public research university in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in Scandinavia, after Uppsala University.
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, traveled as an eighteen year old abroad and received an enrollment at the
University of Heidelberg
Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg (; ), is a public university, public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1386 on instruction of Pope Urban VI, Heidelberg is List ...
in 1598. In 1606, he married Elline Winstrup), daughter of Peder Jensen Vinstrup (1549-1614), Bishop of the
Diocese of Zealand. He served parish priest of
Vor Frue Kirke in Copenhagen. He served as Bishop of the
Diocese of Oslo
The Diocese of Oslo is the Church of Norway's Diocese, bishopric for the municipalities of Oslo, Asker and Bærum. It is one of Norway's five traditional bishoprics and was founded around the year 1070.
History
Oslo was established as a diocese ...
from 1608 to 1617. He is known for his participation in the
expulsion of secret Roman Catholic priests in the diocese and was called in his own time "The Evil Bishop". He died in Oslo in
1617
Events
January–March
* January 5
**Pocahontas and Tomocomo of the Powhatan Algonquian tribe, in the Virginia colony of America, meet King James I of England as his guests, at the Banqueting House at Whitehall.
**'' The Mad L ...
.
References
Date of birth unknown
1617 deaths
People from Helsingør
University of Copenhagen alumni
Heidelberg University alumni
Bishops of Oslo
Year of birth uncertain
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