Henry Suso

(1295-1366)

German Dominican friar and writer

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Henry Suso (also called Amandus, a name adopted in his writings, and Heinrich Seuse in German), 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 March 21, 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. He died in Ulm on 25 January 1366, and was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1831.

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Born	21 March 1295 Free Imperial City of Überlingen, Holy Roman Empire
Died	25 January 1366 (aged 70) Free Imperial City of Ulm, Holy Roman Empire
Zodiac	Aries
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