Laurentius

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Laurentius is a Latin surname that means "From Laurentum" (a city near Rome), or "Laurelled". It can also be used as a first name. Notable people with the name include:

In Early Christianity:

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

In Catholicism:

• Antipope Laurentius, antipope of the Roman Catholic Church
• Laurence of Canterbury, archbishop of Canterbury known as Saint Laurentius
• Lárentíus Kálfsson, bishop of Hólar, Iceland, 1324-31
• Laurentius Abstemius, Italian writer, Professor of Belles Lettres at Urbino, and Librarian to Duke Guido Ubaldo under Pope Alexander VI

In Byzantium:

• Joannes Laurentius Lydus, 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, Swedish clergyman and scholar
• Laurentius Paulinus Gothus (1565–1646), Swedish theologian, astronomer and Archbishop of Uppsala
• Laurentius Petri (1499–1573), Swedish clergyman and the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden
• Laurentius Petri Gothus, the second Swedish Lutheran Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden
• Paul Laurentius (1554-1624), Lutheran divine
• Laurentius Christophori Hornæus, minister and witch hunter in Torsåker and Ytterlännäs, Sweden

In other fields:

• Henrik Laurentius Helliesen, Norwegian Minister of Finance in several periods between 1863 and 1883

See also

• Saint Lawrence (disambiguation)
• Lawrence (disambiguation)
• Laurence (disambiguation)
• Lauren (disambiguation)
• Laurel (disambiguation)
• Lorenzo (disambiguation)
• Laura (disambiguation)

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