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Henry Suso
German Dominican friar and mystic
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Feast: 23 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
21 March 1295
verified
Died
25 January 1366
verified
Beatified
1831
by Pope Gregory XVI
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Henry Suso was born at Constance about 1295 and entered the Dominicans there at thirteen. At eighteen he gave up his careless ways and made himself 'the Servant of the Eternal Wisdom'. He studied at Cologne under Meister Eckhart.
He preached, served as prior, and from 1348 lived at Ulm, where he died on 25 January 1366. He is one of the great German mystics.
The miracles
The Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A mystic who gave his life to the Eternal Wisdom.
Sources
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Blessed Henry Suso
- Wikidata Q303435 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Henry Suso (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.