- Hemming Gadh
Hemming Gadh (c. 1450 – December 1520) was a Swedish priest and politician. He was a staunch ally of Sten Sture and a fierce opponent of
Denmark and theKalmar Union .Biography
Hemming was born around 1450 in
Hossmo ,Kalmar County ,Sweden . He studied at theUniversity of Rostock .Career
In 1479 he became
chancellor and secretary forHenrik Tideman , bishop in theDiocese of Linköping . Hemming was later that year promoted toenvoy of Sture inRome .He was a master in gaining well paid posts, which he did not take up, but rather sold for a good price. He did however choose to take up his new position when he, at the request of Sture, was elected as
bishop of thediocese after his predecessor Tideman died in 1501. It has been suspected that either he or Sture might have killed Henrik as they both visited him at the time of his death.His new post came to cause him problems as he did not manage to get the post confirmed by the
pope within the statuted three months. This had as a consequence the Spanish cardinalJacoubs Serra appointed as administrator. In 1506 Gadh was excommunicated by the pope and in 1513Hans Brask gained the position as bishop.He worked as a Swedish ambassador in
Lübeck between 1510 and 1512.Capture
The Danes captured him in 1518. He was on
Christian II 's fleet toStockholm in 1520 and played a role in allowing the Danes entrance to the city. Afterwards he was taken toRaseborg Castle inFinland where he was beheaded by order of Christian II.Personality
Letters written by Hemming prove that he did not take the
Ten Commandments very seriously as he uses foul language and mentions visits topub s andbrothel s. His lifestyle resulted in a rather negative profusion of rumours.Sources
* "Wennerholm, Ove (1998). Vem var Bockstensmannen? Fjärås: Bokförlaget Carse. ISBN 91-971061-7-8}" sv icon
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