Jarler

Jarler (Latin Jarlerius, † 1255 in Uppsala ) was from 1236 to 1255 Archbishop of Uppsala in Sweden.

Life

Jarler one of the first known Swedish student was at the University of Paris. While Jarlers tenure as archbishop himself Dominicans and Franciscans settled in Sweden. They promoted the acceptance of the Church in Sweden, because, in contrast to the Cistercians pre-existing publicly preached, and thereby in the population attained a higher popularity.

In 1247, the House of Folkunger rose against King Erik XI. , Which ended in the battle of Sparrsätra and stressed the political climate in Sweden sustainable. In the same year William of Sabina traveled as a delegate of the Pope to Sweden to investigate repeated allegations of marriages and fractures of celibacy under the Swedish priesthood. It was then convened in 1248 Skänninge involving Jarlers a church meeting at which the rules of celibacy were ordained. This meeting reached the ecclesiastical independence from the king and decided to Archbishop henceforth by a cathedral chapter to elect instead of the current to appoint him by the king. The established rules, which were not always observed, let the still fragile state of the Swedish Church recognize at that time.

In the year 1254 Jarler taught in a letter to the pope in Rome with a request to be allowed to resign his office. The reasons he gave to his advanced age and his health. He was one of the few Swedish bishops, submitting such a request. The Pope granted the resignation, but Archbishop Jarler died in 1255 before he received the papal response from Rome.