Samuel Troilius

Samuel Troilius (22 May 1706 – 18 January 1764) was Archbishop of Uppsala from 1758 to his death.^[1][2]

The Most Reverend Samuel Troilius
Archbishop of Uppsala Primate of Sweden
Church	Church of Sweden
Archdiocese	Uppsala
Appointed	1760
In office	1760–1764
Predecessor	Henric Benzelius
Successor	Magnus Beronius
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Västerås (1751–1760)
Orders
Ordination	1736
Consecration	1751 by Henric Benzelius
Rank	Metropolitan Archbishop
Personal details
Born	(1706-05-22)22 May 1706 Stora Skedvi, Sweden
Died	18 January 1764(1764-01-18) (aged 57) Uppsala, Sweden
Buried	Västerås Cathedral
Nationality	Swede
Denomination	Lutheran
Parents	Olof Troilius and Helena Gangia
Spouse	Anna Elisabeth Angerstein 1st marriage Brita Elisabeth Silfverstolpe 2nd marriage
Children	Uno von Troil
Alma mater	Uppsala University

Biography

He was born in Stora Skedvi parish in the province of Dalarna. His parents were Olof Troilius and Helena Gangia. His father was a vicar in the Church of Sweden.

In 1724, he had become student in Uppsala University, and was by 1734 appointed assistant professor of Greek and Roman literature, after having disputed in 1732 with the thesis De magnetismo morum naturali. He was ordained in 1736 and in 1740 he became a priest.

Troilius moved to Stockholm in 1740 as court chaplain, and the following year became the confessor of the Swedish Royal Family. In 1751, he was unanimously elected new Bishop of Västerås following the death of Andreas Kallsenius. In 1760, after the death of Henric Benzelius, he was elected Archbishop of Uppsala. In 1760, Troilius also was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

His marriages were with Anna Elisabeth Angerstein in 1740 and with Brita Elisabet Silfverstolpe in 1751. In 1756, he and his descendants were ennobled under the surname von Troil. His son Uno von Troil (1746–1803) also served as Archbishop of Uppsala. ^[3]

See also

• List of Archbishops of Uppsala