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the Younger, was under the ban, together with all his
supporters, for having deposed the traitorous
Archbishop Gustav Trolle, in 1517, by a vote of the
states-general. Although burning with zeal for the
spiritual welfare of his people, Olavus Petri was thus
for some time prevented from carrying on any work for
religious betterment. In the meantime he was attaining
his spiritual maturity and learning the patient art of
biding the Lord’s time and His calling.
Olavus Petri accompanied Bishop Mattias to
Stockholm to attend the coronation of the Danish king,
Christian II., as hereditary king of Sweden. Thus he
became an eyewitness to the ghastly butchery of
November 8—10, 1520, known in Swedish history as the
Stockholm Blood-bath, a massacre executed by direction
of the new union king subsequently known as Christian
the Tyrant. At the instance of Gustav Trolle, who
sought restitution and proffered the charges, a court
headed by Jens Beldenacke, a Danish bishop, was
established to try the opponents of Trolle. The wily
Danish prelate lost no time in convicting the defendants
of heresy. Bishops Mattias of Strängnäs and Vincens
of Skara were the first to be beheaded; then followed
the lords of the realm and eighty-two of the councilmen
and chief citizens of the capital, and last their servants
and friends, the bodies of all being finally burnt on a
great pyre. When Olavus Petri was overheard
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