Laurentius Surius [SEP] occupation
Laurentius Surius
Laurentius Surius (translating to Lorenz Sauer; Lübeck, 1523 – Cologne, 23 May 1578) was a German Carthusian hagiographer and church historian.
Biography.
Laurentius Surius was born in Lübeck in 1523. It is not certain whether his parents were Catholics or Lutherans. According to a remark made by Peter Canisius ("Epistolæ", ed. Braunsberger, I, 36), he was born a Protestant and was brought into the Catholic Church by Canisius. Surius studied at the universities of Frankfort-
of Laurentius Surius. They are therefore problematic. These include:
- Catherine Winkworth, "History and Life of the Reverend Doctor John Tauler with Twenty-Five of his Sermons", (London, Smith, Elder, and comp., 1857.) Available at http://www.ccel.org/ccel/winkworth/tauler
- "Meditations on the life and passion of our Lord Jesus Christ", translated by APJ Cruikshank, (London: Thomas Richardson and Son, 1875) Available at http://www.ccel.org/ccel/tauler/meditations
- "The following of Christ", translated by JR Morell