Valerius

Valerius was the Swedish Archbishop 1207–1219 (or as late as 1224 The church in Finland was said to have been established "newly" as the work of "a few noble men".

Years later, Valerius is said to have been in touch with the Pope directly, worried about the "barbarian" attacks to Finland. The Pope mentions this in 1221 in his letter to the unnamed Bishop of Finland who was now authorized to establish a trade embargo against the hostiles. In the letter, the church in Finland was again said to have been of recent origin.

Later years King Eric Knutsson died in 1216. Valerius lived on to crown the succeeding King John in 1219, when he came of age.

According to medieval Chronicon rerum Sveogothicarum and Chronologia vetus, Valerius died later that year on April 7, 1219, and was buried in the church in Old Uppsala. However, some historians regard that the chroniclers had the year of his death wrong, assuming that he died closer to the appointment of his predecessor Olov Basatömer in 1224.