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22-520: Bishop Gisle of the Diocese of Linköping first built a bishop's farm with a limestone castle in 1149. After King Gustav Vasa carried out the Reformation in 1527, the estate was converted into a royal castle. In the 1570s, King John III of Sweden (1537–1592) had the castle re-designed by Dutch architect Arendt de Roy with a new three-storey wing along the southern ring wall, he also built on

44-730: A legatus natus was not subordinate to them. Literally "sent legate", possessing limited powers for the purpose of completing a specific mission. This commission is normally focused in scope and of short duration. Some administrative (temporal) provinces of the Papal States in (mostly central) Italy were governed by a papal legate. This has been the case in Benevento , in Pontecorvo (of Campagna e Marittima/of Frosinone) and in Viterbo . In four cases, including Bologna , this post

66-776: A subdean , nine canons and fifteen other prebendaries; the Cistercians had three houses for men, the abbeys of Alvastra , the mother-house of the Cistercian Order in Sweden, in Östergötland and Nydala in Småland, both founded in 1143, and Gutvalla ( Roma ) in Gotland ; also four nunneries, Vreta Abbey (1160), Askaby, Byarum, dissolved about 1250 and the nuns transferred to Sko (in Upland) and Solberga Abbey (Gotland);

88-451: A bishop holding this rank as a privilege of his see, e.g. archbishops of Canterbury (pre- Reformation ), Prague , Esztergom , Udine , Salzburg , Gniezno and Cologne . The legatus natus would act as the Pope's representative in his province, with a legatus a latere only being sent in extraordinary circumstances. Although limited in their jurisdiction compared to legati a latere ,

110-490: A country that did not accord him precedence over other ambassadors and ex officio deanship of the diplomatic corps. In those countries, the papal representative's precedence within the corps is exactly on a par with that of the other members of ambassadorial rank, so that he becomes dean only on becoming the senior member of the corps. For countries with which the Holy See has no diplomatic relations, an apostolic delegate

132-633: A pilgrimage in Jerusalem, Bengt Magnusson, who was killed at the Battle of Lihula in Estonia on 8 August 1220, and Benedict (1220–37). The last Catholic bishop of Linköping was Hans Brask (born 1464; bishop, 1513–27; died 30 July 1539). He was compelled to leave his diocese in 1527 owing to the adoption of Lutheranism in Sweden at the Diet of Västerås . Of the numerous provincial and diocesan synods held in

154-518: Is Marika Markovits . The diocesan territory comprises Östergötland County and parts of Jönköping and Kalmar County . It has 212 parishes with a total of 443,000 members. The diocese originally included Småland , Östergötland , the Islands of Gotland and Öland . The district of Värend in Småland was taken from Linköping and formed into the Diocese of Växjö about 1160. From 990 to 1100

176-559: Is legatine . In the High Middle Ages , papal legates were often used to strengthen the links between Rome and the many parts of Christendom . More often than not, legates were learned men and skilled diplomats who were not from the country they were accredited to. For example, the Italian-born Guala Bicchieri served as papal legate to England in the early 13th century and played a major role in both

198-585: Is sent to serve as a liaison with the Catholic Church in that country, though not accredited to its government. This highest rank (literally "from the (pope's) side", i.e. "intimately" trusted) is normally awarded to a priest of cardinal rank . It is an exceptional investiture and can either be focused or broad in scope. The legate a latere is the alter ego of the Pope, and as such, possesses full plenipotentiary powers. Literally "born legate", i.e. not nominated individually but ex officio , namely

220-539: Is usually sent to a government, a sovereign or to a large body of believers (such as a national church) or to take charge of a major religious effort, such as an ecumenical council , a crusade to the Holy Land, or even against a heresy such as the Cathars . The term legation is applied both to a legate's mandate and to the territory concerned (such as a state, or an ecclesiastical province). The relevant adjective

242-705: The Brigittines , who had the great Abbey of Vadstena; the Dominicans, who possessed priories at Skenninge (1220?), Visby (1240) and Kalmar, as well as nunneries at Skenninge (1260) and Kalmar (1286). There were hospitals at Linköping, Visby (2), Söderköping (2) Skenninge (2), Kalmar (2), Norrabygd (Uknabäck) and on the Island of Öland . Most of these institutions were suppressed at the Reformation . Papal legate A papal legate or apostolic legate (from

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264-574: The Church of Sweden administering the Östergötland County , the north eastern part of Jönköping County and the northern part of Kalmar County . It comprises nine deaneries subdivided into 176 parishes with a total of 443,000 members. The diocese's largest parish is Motala . The Diocese of Linköping has a rank directly below the Archdiocese of Uppsala of the Church of Sweden. The current bishop

286-593: The Diocese of Skara embraced the whole country of the Goths ( Gauthiod ); it was then divided between those of Skara and Linköping. The diocese was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bremen , and became a suffragan of the Diocese of Lund , when the latter was elevated to an archdiocese in 1104. The first three bishops of Linköping were Herbert, Richard and Gisle (c. 1138–48). Then came Stenar, who apparently resigned in 1160 and subsequently became Bishop of Vexiö. Notable bishops after him were Kol (c. 1160–96), who died on

308-522: The Middle Ages , a legatine council was the usual means that a papal legate imposed his directives. There are several ranks of papal legates in diplomacy, some of which are no longer used. The most common form of papal legate today is the apostolic nuncio , whose task it is to strengthen relations between the Holy See and the Catholic Church in a particular country and at the same time to act as

330-576: The ancient Roman title legatus ) is a personal representative of the Pope to foreign nations, to some other part of the Catholic Church , or representatives of the state or monarchy. He is empowered on matters of Catholic faith and for the settlement of ecclesiastical matters. The legate is appointed directly by the Pope—the Bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church. Hence a legate

352-520: The Diocese of Linköping, the Council of Skenninge (1248) was the most important. The papal legate , Cardinal William of Sabina , presided and the celibacy of the clergy was strongly enforced. The following religious institutions were set up in the diocese between the twelfth and the sixteenth centuries: the cathedral chapter , which consisted at the time of the Reformation of a dean, an archdeacon ,

374-535: The English government and church at the time. By the Late Middle Ages it had become more common to appoint native clerics to the position of legate within their own country, such as Cardinal Wolsey acting as legate to the court of Henry VIII of England . The reason for this switch in policy could be attributed to a change in attitude on the eve of the Reformation ; by this point, foreign men representing

396-472: The Holy See is a party, a nuncio is an ambassador like those from any other country. The Vienna Convention allows the host state to grant seniority of precedence to the nuncio over others of ambassadorial rank accredited to the same country, and may grant the deanship of that country's diplomatic corps to the nuncio regardless of seniority. Pro-nuncio was a term used from 1965 to 1991 for a papal diplomatic representative of full ambassadorial rank accredited to

418-510: The diplomatic representative of the Holy See to the government of that country. An apostolic nuncio is generally equivalent in rank to that of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary , although in Catholic countries the nuncio often ranks above ambassadors in diplomatic protocol. A nuncio performs the same functions as an ambassador and has the same diplomatic privileges. Under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations , to which

440-492: The papacy would be more likely to reinforce dissent than bring Christendom closer together. Papal legates often summoned legatine councils , which dealt with church government and other ecclesiastical issues. According to Pope Gregory VII , writing in the Dictatus papae , a papal legate "presides over all bishops in a council, even if he is inferior in rank, and he can pronounce sentence of deposition against them". During

462-451: The western nave with one floor. The whole castle was then white with red borders around doors and some windows. Under King Charles IX of Sweden (1550–1611), the castle was rebuilt into Renaissance style at the end of the 16th century. The castle has been the governor's residence for Östergötland County since 1785 and a state building monument since 1935. In 2000, Linköping Castle and Cathedral Museum ( Linköpings Slotts & Domkyrkomuseum )

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484-399: Was inaugurated on three floors in the castle's north wing. 58°24′38″N 15°36′57″E  /  58.41056°N 15.61583°E  / 58.41056; 15.61583 This article about a castle in Sweden is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Diocese of Link%C3%B6ping The Diocese of Linköping ( Swedish : Linköpings stift ) is a diocese within

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