Henry Suso
1295 CE–1366 CE · Überlingen
Henry Suso (c. 1295–1366) was a German Dominican friar and mystical theologian, one of the foremost figures of the Rhineland mystical movement alongside his teacher Meister Eckhart and his contemporary Johannes Tauler. Deeply influenced by Eckhart's speculative mysticism, Suso gave it an affective and devotional character, emphasizing the soul's loving union with the eternal Wisdom of God through suffering and self-abandonment. His Little Book of Eternal Wisdom, composed in Middle High German and later translated into Latin as the Horologium Sapientiae, became one of the most widely circulated devotional texts of the late medieval period. He was also known for extreme ascetic practices he later moderated, and his autobiographical Life of the Servant (Das Leben des Dieners) offers a remarkable window into late medieval mystical experience. He was beatified by Pope Gregory XVI in 1831.
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What they did here
Suso was born around 1295 in or near Überlingen on Lake Constance — some sources give Constance itself as the birthplace; the exact location is uncertain. His father was Heinrich von Berg, a count of minor nobility, and he took his mother's family name (Süs) in her honor.
About Überlingen
Überlingen, a town on Lake Constance in southwestern Germany. The Dominican mystic Henry Suso was active in the Lake Constance region (Swabia and the Rhineland) in the 14th century.
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- Pope John XXII· 1244 CE–1334 CE
- Pope Clement V· 1264 CE–1314 CE
- Gregory of Sinai· 1265 CE–1346 CE
- Duns Scotus· 1266 CE–1308 CE
- Pope Innocent VI· 1282 CE–1362 CE
- Pope Benedict XII· 1285 CE–1342 CE
- William of Ockham· 1287 CE–1347 CE
- Pope Clement VI· 1291 CE–1352 CE
- Jan van Ruusbroec· 1293 CE–1381 CE
- Gregory Palamas· 1296 CE–1359 CE
- Richard Rolle· 1300 CE–1349 CE
- Bridget of Sweden· 1303 CE–1373 CE
- Pope Bl. Urban V· 1310 CE–1370 CE
- Pope Urban VI· 1318 CE–1389 CE
- Nicholas Cabasilas· 1323 CE–1391 CE
- Pope Gregory XII· 1326 CE–1417 CE
- Pope Gregory XI· 1329 CE–1378 CE
- John Wycliffe· 1330 CE–1384 CE
- Pope Innocent VII· 1339 CE–1406 CE
- Geert Groote· 1340 CE–1384 CE
- Julian of Norwich· 1342 CE–
- Walter Hilton· 1343 CE–1396 CE
- Catherine of Siena· 1347 CE–1380 CE
- Pope Boniface IX· 1350 CE–1404 CE
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- Ashikaga Takauji· 1305 CE–1358 CE
- Gajah Mada· –1364 CE
- Orhan· 1281 CE–1362 CE
- Muhammad bin Tughluq· –1351 CE
- Ivan I Kalita· 1288 CE–1340 CE
- Emperor Go-Daigo· 1288 CE–1339 CE
- Al-Nasir Muhammad· 1285 CE–1341 CE
- Firuz Shah Tughlaq· 1309 CE–1388 CE
- Amda Seyon I· –1344 CE
- Murad I· 1326 CE–1389 CE
- Mansa Musa· –1337 CE
- Robert the Bruce· 1274 CE–1329 CE
- Acamapichtli· –1395 CE
- Hayam Wuruk· 1334 CE–1389 CE
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