Petrus Filipsson was Archbishop of Uppsala

Archbishop of Uppsala

The Archbishop of Uppsala has been the primate in Sweden in an unbroken succession since 1164, first during the Catholic era, and from the 1530s and onward under the Lutheran church.- Historical overview :...

, Sweden 1332–1341. Some call him Peder Filipsson Röde.

He came from Uppland

Uppland

Uppland is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic sea...

 and was a son of the important high noble family of Rumby, being son of Sir

Knight

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 Filip Finvidson of Rumby, called Filip Röde, and his wife, herself the daughter of Lord Karl Tjelveson of Fånö

Fano

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 and his wife from the Lejonörn family. His relatives and forefathers were important magnates in Uppland, and they also are said to have descended from royal stock. His close forefathers and relatives had apparently in the previous century been the nucleus of the so-called Folkunge Party, several times in rebellion against kings centralizing government. Petrus' one uncle (John of Fånö) had been executed in 1280 and his own father, Sir Filip, only just spared his life, by paying immense monetary penalties. On the other hand, the family had then allied with central government, for example one of his sisters (Ingegerd Filipsdotter) married king Magnus III's illegitimate nephew.

Their ancestry, according to folk legend, included the Swedish King Canute I

Canute I of Sweden

Canute I, Swedish: Knut Eriksson , was king over all of Sweden from 1173 to 1195...

's daughter, Earl Birger Brosa

Birger Brosa

Birger Brosa , jarl of Sweden 1174-1202, d. 9 January 1202 on Visingsö, was a son of Bengt Snivil and a member of the powerful House of Bjälbo...

, and also they appear to have been close relatives and allies of King Canute II

Canute II of Sweden

Canute II Holmgersson, called the Tall , was King of Sweden from 1229 until his death 1234. He may have been a great grandson of Eric the Saint, for the sagas give Filip Eriksson, Eric's youngest son, as the father of Holmger, Canute's father...

's family.

Petrus had only a brief-period ecclesiastical career before he was elected Archbishop. Following his election, he travelled to Avignon

Avignon

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, where the Pope John XXII

Pope John XXII

Pope John XXII , born Jacques Duèze , was pope from 1316 to 1334. He was the second Pope of the Avignon Papacy , elected by a conclave in Lyon assembled by Philip V of France...

 was residing, to get ordained into the episcopal office.

He belonged to a monastic order because in 1337, he was ineligible to inherit secular property, as was Swedish law of that time, distinguishing between monks and priests (the latter were eligible to inherit).

In 1336 he crowned the King Magnus IV of Sweden

Magnus IV of Sweden

Magnus Eriksson as Magnus IV was king of Sweden , including Finland, as Magnus VII King of Norway , including Iceland and Greenland, and also ruled Scania . He has also vindictively been called Magnus Smek...

 in the capital Stockholm

Stockholm

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.

He had a disagreement with the Franciscan order. On behalf of the Pope, Paul, Archbishop of Nidaros, Norway

Norway

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, made a judgment on the matter. It led to a settlement between the two parties in 1339.

In 1341 Archbishop Petrus died and was buried in Sigtuna

Sigtuna

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's Dominican

Dominican Order

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 church, today called Mariakyrkan.