Laurentius
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Laurentius is a Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...

-language surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

 and means man from Laurentum
Laurentum
Laurentum was an ancient Roman city of Latium situated between Ostia and Lavinium, on the west coast of the Italian Peninsula southwest of Rome. Roman writers regarded it as the original capital of the Latins, before Lavinium assumed that role after the death of King Latinus...

(a village near Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

) or laurelled. It can also be used as a first name (given name).

Laurentius may refer to:

In Early Christianity:
  • Lawrence of Rome, Saint Laurentius of Rome, (died 258), Italian deacon and saint, born in Spain


In Catholicism:
  • Antipope Laurentius
    Antipope Laurentius
    Laurentius was an antipope of the Roman Catholic Church, from 498 to 506.-Biography:Archpriest of Santa Prassede, Laurentius was elected pope on 22 November 498, in opposition to Symmachus, by a dissenting faction...

    , antipope of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Laurence of Canterbury
    Laurence of Canterbury
    Laurence was the second Archbishop of Canterbury from about 604 to 619. He was a member of the Gregorian mission sent from Italy to England to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganism, although the date of his arrival is disputed...

    , archbishop of Canterbury known as Saint Laurentius
  • Lárentíus Kálfsson
    Lárentíus Kálfsson
    Lárentíus Kálfsson , 10 August 1267–16 April 1331) was bishop of the northern Icelandic diocese of Hólar 1324–31....

    , bishop of Hólar, Iceland, 1324-31
  • Laurentius Abstemius
    Laurentius Abstemius
    Laurentius Abstemius was an Italian writer, professor of Belles Lettres at Urbino, and librarian to Duke Guido Ubaldo under Pope Alexander VI. Born at Macerata in Ancona, he distinguished himself, at the time of the revival of letters, as a writer of considerable talents...

    , Italian writer, Professor of Belles Lettres at Urbino, and Librarian to Duke Guido Ubaldo under Pope Alexander VI


In Byzantium:
  • Joannes Laurentius Lydus
    Joannes Laurentius Lydus
    John the Lydian or John Lydus was a 6th century Byzantine administrator and writer on antiquarian subjects. His works are of interest for specific data about classical events.- Life and career :...

    , Byzantine writer on antiquarian subjects


In Poland:
  • Wawrzyniec Grzymała Goślicki, Laurentius Grimaldius Gosliscius, (1530–1607), Polish bishop, political thinker and philosopher best known for his book De optimo senatore


In Lutheranism:
  • Laurentius Andreae
    Laurentius Andreae
    Laurentius Andreae was a Swedish clergyman and scholar who is acknowledged as one of his country's preeminent intellectual figures during the first half of the 16th century...

    , Swedish clergyman and scholar
  • Laurentius Paulinus Gothus
    Laurentius Paulinus Gothus
    Laurentius Paulinus Gothus was a Swedish theologian, astronomer and Archbishop of Uppsala .-Life:In 1588 Gothus travelled to Germany and studied in the Rostock University for three years...

     (1565–1646), Swedish theologian, astronomer and Archbishop of Uppsala
  • Laurentius Petri
    Laurentius Petri
    Laurentius Petri Nericius was a Swedish clergyman and the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden. He and his brother Olaus Petri are, together with the King Gustav Vasa, regarded as the main Protestant reformers of Sweden...

     (1499–1573), Swedish clergyman and the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden
  • Laurentius Petri Gothus
    Laurentius Petri Gothus
    Laurentius Petri Gothus was the second Swedish Lutheran Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1575-1579.He was born in 1529 or 1530 in the province Östergötland, from where the name Gothus is derived as the means of separating him from his predecessor as archbishop, Laurentius Petri Nericius.He was a...

    , the second Swedish Lutheran Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden
  • Paul Laurentius
    Paul Laurentius
    Paul Laurentius , Lutheran divine, was at Ober Wierau, where his father, of the same names, was pastor. From a school at Zwickau he entered the University of Leipzig, graduating in 1577...

     (1554-1624), Lutheran divine
  • Laurentius Christophori Hornæus
    Laurentius Christophori Hornæus
    Laurentius Christophori Hornaeus , also known as Lars Christophri Hornæus, was a minister and witch-hunter in Torsåker and Ytterlännäs, Sweden.-Birth and education:He was born as Lars Christoffersson in Härnösand in 1645...

    , minister and witch hunter in Torsåker and Ytterlännäs, Sweden


In other fields:
  • Henrik Laurentius Helliesen
    Henrik Laurentius Helliesen
    Henrik Laurentius Helliesen was the Norwegian Minister of Finance for several periods between 1863 and 1883, and a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm several times between 1865 and 1884. He was also Minister of Education and Church Affairs in 1884.-References:...

    , Norwegian Minister of Finance in several periods between 1863 and 1883


See also

  • Saint Lawrence (disambiguation)
    Saint Lawrence (disambiguation)
    Saint Lawrence or Saint Laurence is a title applied to many things named after Saint Lawrence, the 3rd century Christian martyr...

  • Lawrence (disambiguation)
  • Laurence (disambiguation)
  • Laurent (disambiguation)
  • Lauren (disambiguation)
  • Laurel (disambiguation)
  • Lorenz (disambiguation)
  • Lorentz (disambiguation)
  • Lars (disambiguation)
  • Larsen (disambiguation)
  • Lassen (disambiguation)
  • Vavřinec
    Vavrinec
    Vavrinec is a village and municipality in Vranov nad Topľou District in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia.-Geography:The municipality lies at an altitude of 285 metres and covers an area of 5.447km². It has a population of about 65 people.-External...

    /Vavrinec (disambiguation)/Wawrzyniec, Wawrinka, Vávra
  • Laura (disambiguation)
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