Henry Suso

Blessed

Henry Suso

Religious, priest and mystic
Born21 March 1295
Free Imperial City of Überlingen, Holy Roman Empire
Died25 January 1366(1366-01-25) (aged 70)
Free Imperial City of Ulm,
Holy Roman Empire
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
(Dominican Order)
Beatified22 April 1831, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Gregory XVI
Feast25 January (previously 2 March)
InfluencesMeister Eckhart

Henry Suso, OP (also called Amandus, a name adopted in his writings, and Heinrich Seuse or Heinrich von Berg[1] in German; 21 March 1295 – 25 January 1366) was a German Dominican friar and the most popular vernacular writer of the fourteenth century (when considering the number of surviving manuscripts). Suso is thought to have been born on 21 March 1295. An important author in both Latin and Middle High German, he is also notable for defending Meister Eckhart's legacy after Eckhart was posthumously condemned for heresy in 1329.[2] He died in Ulm on 25 January 1366, and was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1831.

  1. ^ "Heinrich Seuse - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon". www.heiligenlexikon.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  2. ^ Retucci, Fiorella (2012). "On a Dangerous Trail: Henry Suso and the Condemnations of Meister Eckhart". In Hackett, Jeremiah (ed.). A Companion to Meister Eckhart. Brill. pp. 587–606. ISBN 9789004183476. Retrieved 22 October 2015.