Laurenz (name)
Laurenz is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: * Laurenz Forer (1580–1659), Swiss Jesuit theologian and controversialist * Laurenz Meyer (born 1948), German politician * María Cristina Laurenz (born 1940), Argentine actress and singer * Pedro Laurenz, Argentine tango music composer and director See also * Laurens (other) * Lauren (other) * Laurence (other) Laurence is an English and French given name (usually female in French and usually male in English). The English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and it originates from a French form of the Latin ''Laurentius'', a name meaning "man from ... * Laurenzo {{given name, type=both ...
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Laurenz Forer
Laurenz Forer (1580 – 7 January 1659) was a Swiss Jesuit theologian and controversialist. Life He was born at Lucerne, entered the Society of Jesus at the age of twenty, in Landshut, and made part of his studies under Paul Laymann and Adam Tanner. He taught philosophy at Ingolstadt (1615–1619), and theology, moral and controversial, for six years at Dillingen. In the latter institution he held also the office of chancellor for several years. He spent the years 1632–1643 in Tyrol, where he had withdrawn with Heinrich von Knöringen, Bishop of Augsburg, on account of the inroads of the Swedes. Forer visited Rome (1645–1646) as the representative of the province of Upper Germany in the eighth congregation. He became rector of the college of Lucerne in 1650. He died at Ratisbon. Works Sommervogel enumerates 62 titles of publications from the pen of Forer, not all of them long works. He wrote one or more treatises each against the apostates Reihing and de Domin ...
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