1576 LIVES of SAINTS by Laurentius Surius antique 16th century FOLIO

Surius, Laurentius

De probatis sanctorum historiis, partim ex tomis Aloysii Lipomani ... partim etiam ex egregiis manuscriptis codicibus...

Volume 1

Cologne, G. Calenius and Quentels Erben; 1576

26 leaves, 1117 pages.

With 1 woodcut title vignette, 1 full-page woodcut and numerous woodcut initials.

Later plain half leather 

- Adams S 2103.-

The first volume of the main work by the Cologne Carthusian; a collection of saints' lives, arranged according to the days of the year (here: January to February)

 Several stamps on the title, worm damage on the margins towards end

folio. Size: 9 by 13 1/4 inches

Text in Latin
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Laurentius Surius (translating to Lorenz Sauer;  1523 – 1578) was a German Carthusian hagiographer and church historian.

Laurentius Surius was born in Lübeck in 1523, to a wealthy and respected family. His father was a goldsmith.
It is not certain whether his parents were Catholics or Lutherans. Peter Canisius suggests that he was born a Protestant. Surius' brother became a canon at Lübeck.

In 1534 Surius began studies at the University of Frankfort-on-the-Oder. He may have left there due to an outbreak of the plague in 1536.
He then went to Cologne, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in 1537, and a Master of Arts in 1539. Canisius was a fellow-student at Cologne. "His friendship with Canisius led to a fascination with Reform Catholicism, which combined his interests in the Reformation, Humanism, and the Early Church."

With his credentials, Surius could have had a university career, but he met Lanspergius, who induced him to enter the Carthusian monastery of Saint Barbara at Cologne, in 1542.
He made his vows in 1541 and was ordained a priest two years later.

Except for a brief stay at the charterhouse in Mainz, the greater part of his life after this was spent in his monastery, where he was a model of piety, of rigid observance of the rules of the order, and of earnest work as a scholar; for these reasons he was held in high esteem by St. Pius V.

Surius died in Cologne on May 25, 1578
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