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JarlerJarler (Latin Jarlerius) was Archbishop of Sweden 1236-1255. Jarler was one of the two first known Swedish students at the University of Paris. During his time as archbishop, the Dominican and Franciscan monks got settled in Sweden. These orders benefited the christian awareness among the common populations through their preachings. The previously only existing order, the Cistercian order, did not preach. In Sweden, the political climate was shaky. In 1247, the house of Folkung, revolted against the king Eric_XI_of_Sweden, resulting in the battle at Sparrstra. Also in 1247, a delegate from the Pope, Vilhelm of Sabina, was sent to Sweden to investigate the reoccuring accusations of marriage among priests, among other things. Vilhelm was a vigorous man. There was held a church meeting in Sknnigen in 1248, where Jarler participated, where it was decided upon celibacy-rules, upon the Church's independancy towards the King, and finally that the archbishop should be elected through a cathedral chapter and not as previously in other forms such as by the King. As these rules show, the Swedish Church was still in a rather unstable state. The rules established an important foundation, eventhough they were not totally followed. In 1254 Jarler sent a letter to the Pope, requesting permission to resign his post. He was one of the few Swedish archbishops to have made this request. The reasons he gave were that he was old and crippled. The Pope granted his resignation, but before the message had arrived in 1255, Jarler had already passed away. External links and references
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