Laurentius of Echternach, , was a scribe from

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in modern

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. Laurentius wrote the Echternach

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, and charters for the town of Echternach between 704 and 722. His name may be a Latin rendering of the Irish personal name, Lorcán, so there is a possibility he was

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References

* "Manuscripts and palaeography, p.525, "A New History of Ireland", volume one, Dublin, 2006. Irish writers 8th-century Irish people 8th-century Latin writers Medieval Irish writers 8th-century Frankish writers {{Ireland-writer-stub