Laurentius
| Laurentius | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Latin |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "From Laurentum", or "Laurelled" |
| Region of origin | Italy |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Lorenzo (Italian, Spanish), Laurent (French), Laurențiu (Romanian), Lourenço (Portuguese), Laurence, Lawrence (English), Lorens, Lorents (Scandinavian)[1] |
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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
- Laurentius (weevil), a beetle genus in the tribe Madopterini
See also
- Saint Lawrence (disambiguation)
- Lawrence (disambiguation)
- Laurence (disambiguation)
- Lauren (disambiguation)
- Laurel (disambiguation)
- Lorenzo (disambiguation)
- Laura (disambiguation)
References
- ↑ Coleman, NL; Veka, O (2010). A Handbook of Scandinavian Names. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-299-24834-5 – via Google Books.