Hans Brask | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Linköping | |
 Seal of Bishop Brask. Bears the inscription: S[IGILLVM] IOH[ANN]IS DEI GRA[CIA] EPI[SCOPI] LINCOPENSIS | |
| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Diocese | Diocese of Linköping |
| In office | 1513–1527 |
| Predecessor | Hemming Gadh |
| Successor | Jöns Månsson |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 7 August 1513 by Vincent Henningsson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1464 |
| Died | 1538 Ląd, Poland |
Hans Brask (1464–1538) was a Swedish Bishop of Linköping.[1]
- ^ d'Aubigné, Jean Henri Merle (1880). History of the Reformation in Europe in the Time of Calvin. R. Carter & brothers.
Bishop Brask of Linkoping was a priest endowed with immense energy. The outcries of the monks at Orebro were heard as far as Upsala; and in July, 1523, Brask received from the chapter of this metropolitan town a letter in which he was informed that the Lutheran heresy was boldly preached in the cathedral of Strengnaes by one Olaf Petri. It appears that this information was absolutely new to the vehement bishop. Completely devoted to the Roman Church, not even imagining that there could be any other, he was greatly agitated. He heard shortly after that emissaries of the Lutheran propaganda had made their appearance in his own diocese. He looked on this as the beginning of a great conflagration which would consume the whole Church.