Johannes Canuti Lenaeus

The Most Reverend Johannes Canuti Lenaeus
Archbishop of Uppsala Primate of Sweden
Church	Church of Sweden
Archdiocese	Uppsala
Appointed	1647
In office	1647-1669
Predecessor	Laurentius Paulinus Gothus
Successor	Lars Stigzelius
Orders
Consecration	14 March 1647 by Jonas Magni Wexionensis
Rank	Metropolitan Archbishop
Personal details
Born	(1573-11-29)November 29, 1573 Lena, Uppland, Sweden
Died	April 23, 1669(1669-04-23) (aged 95) Uppsala, Sweden
Nationality	Swede
Parents	Canutus Petri Gestricius Margareta Persdotter
Spouse	Catharina Kenicia
Alma mater	Uppsala University

Johannes Canuti Lenaeus (November 29, 1573 – April 23, 1669) was a professor at Uppsala University and Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden from 1657 to his death.

After several years of studies, mainly in Germany at universities in Rostock and Wittenberg, he was appointed professor of logic in Uppsala in 1604. After more studies in Germany, he was also appointed professor in Greek and Hebrew.

After being ordained priest, he was in 1613 also appointed professor of theology.

He text he wrote, Logica peripatetica (1633) gave a revival to the philosophy of peripatetics (Aristotelian philosophy) and was for a time used as a study book.

His father-in-law was former Archbishop Petrus Kenicius, and Johannes was seen as a natural successor.

References

• Nordisk Familjebok (1912), article Lenaeus