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Henry Suso
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1295–1366 · German Dominican friar and mystic

Also known as: Heinrich Seuse, Amandus, Beato Enrique Suso, Errico Susone, Heinrich Susa, Heinrich Suso

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Known works

  • Henry Suso (1989)
  • Il libretto della verità e i Sermoni
  • Horologium aeternae sapientiae
  • [Printed edition of Seuse's Horologium sapientaie with fragments from manuscript of carols sewn into the binding]
  • Deutsche mystische Schriften (1966)