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Brother Lawrence

Lorraine Roman Catholic friar
Person human Q3090506
Brother Lawrence
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Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
1611, 1614[9]
Date of death
February 12, 1691
Place of birth
Hériménil
Place of death
Paris
Country of citizenship
France, Duchy of Lorraine[10][11]
Occupation
writer, friar, lay brother, monk
Religion or worldview
Catholic Church[12]
Work location
Paris[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French[19]
Canonization status
Venerable[14]
Feast day
February 12[17]
Given name
Laurent[16]
Name in native language
Laurent de la Résurrection, Nicolas Herman[20][21]
P14611
38654
Religious order
Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Nicolás Herman de Lorena en Nicholas Herman en Lawrence of the Resurrection en Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection en Brother Lawrence ar بروذر لورنس cs Nicholas Herman cs Nicolas Herman cs Vavřinec cs bratr Laurent cs bratr Vavřinec cs Brother Lawrence cs Laurent cs Lawrence cs Mikuláš Herman z Lorraine da Laurent de la Résurrection da Laurent de la Resurrection da Brother Lawrence de Bruder Lorenz von der Auferstehung de Bruder Lorenz
🔖 Identifiers · 63
ISNI
0000000117736565, 0000000455605365
VIAF cluster ID
88049955, 115144929080354441112
Library of Congress authority ID
n50034974
GND ID
118549669
Amazon author ID
B001H6PRAY, B00AIELNZ4
Angelicum ID
28830
BIBSYS ID
90566168
Babelio author ID
81430
Biblioteca centrale Cappuccini authority ID
2499
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
122280186
CANTIC ID
981058530706706706
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01331569
Show all 63 identifiers +51
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10093681
CiNii Research ID
1140563741586703488
DBC author ID
87097968614813
DDB person (GND) ID
118549669
Databazeknih.cz author ID
86917
Dictionnaire de spiritualité ID
12533
FAST ID
11858
Freebase ID
/m/0h7kp1
Goodreads author ID
66573
IdRef ID
030970709
IntraText author ID
51
IxTheo authority ID
079347614
KANTO ID
000123947
Libraries Australia ID
35935745
LibriVox author ID
4125
Libris-URI
vs68c98d46pmcsj
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA15448064
NDL Authority ID
00620816
NL CR AUT ID
jn19990004912
NLA Trove people ID
1153449
NLAI ID
21564
NSK (VIAF) ID
000037953
NSK ID
981005669453209366
NUKAT ID
n2006108842
National Library of Chile ID
000105214
National Library of Greece ID
283832
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls000012559
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007457166305171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200400012
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:CbDJ;=BJ
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810619402005606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1164631
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
074333011
Obálky knih ID
jn19990004912
Online Books Page author ID
Lawrence, of the Resurrection, Brother, 1611-1691
Open Library ID
OL5730379A, OL13539548A, OL4776747A, OL13005558A, OL3892012A, OL4240894A, OL26795A
OpenMLOL author ID
22090, 37032
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095530155
Parsifal cluster ID
170577, 587797
Pontifical University of Salamanca ID
1402954
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
45608
Prabook ID
2480265
Project Gutenberg author ID
1832
RERO ID (legacy)
A000079779
SBN author ID
CFIV108276, CUBV094309
SELIBR ID
268092
SVKKL authority ID
0209320-Laurent-16141691
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058530706706706
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/349662
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PCjDT8rpXQrkbqjPX7mrWH3
Yale LUX ID
person/07ea1a56-c620-4a48-8576-bc94255933ad

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
writer, monk, friar
Country of citizenship 2
France, Duchy of Lorraine
Canonization status 1
Venerable
Family name 1
Lawrence
Feast day 1
February 12
Given name 1
Laurent
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
French
Place of birth 1
Hériménil
Place of death 1
Paris
Religion or worldview 1
Catholic Church
Religious order 1
Carmelites
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
Paris
Works by author 1
The Practice of the Presence of God
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Summary

Brother Lawrence was born on 1611[1] in Hériménil[2]. He died on February 12, 1691[3], in Paris[4]. He worked as a writer[5], friar[6], lay brother[7], and monk[8].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to Brother Lawrence include The Practice of the Presence of God[22], a literary work[23].

FAQs

Where was Brother Lawrence born?

Brother Lawrence's place of birth was Hériménil[2].

Where did Brother Lawrence die?

Brother Lawrence died in Paris[4].

What did Brother Lawrence do for work?

Brother Lawrence worked as a writer[5], friar[6], lay brother[7], and monk[8].

Related Entities

France

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . LIBRIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . OPAC SBN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [9] ↑ . LIBRIS. Retrieved . carmel.asso.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . VcBA (identifier). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 4d ago · Qyayoor · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SBN author ID → CFIV108276, CUBV094309
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SBN author ID: CUBV094309, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/292920|batch #292920]]"
  2. 21d ago · Frettiebot bot · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → writer, friar, lay brother +1
    Religious order → Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel
    Family name → —
    Date of birth → +1611-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1614-01-01T00:00:00Z
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Occupation: monk, Update NK ČR – P106"
  3. 4w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 16
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'ja', 'nl', 'pt', 'ru', 'sv', 'zh']
    SBN author ID → CFIV108276, CUBV094309
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ SBN author ID: CUBV094309"
  4. 8w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Religious order → Order of the Brothers Discalced of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/52579|batch #52579]]: religious order from VcBA (2)"
  5. 16w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14611 → 38654
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14611: 38654, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260256|batch #260256]]"
  6. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0209320-Laurent-16141691
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0209320-Laurent-16141691, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  7. 21w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parsifal cluster ID → 170577, 587797
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Parsifal cluster ID: 587797, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259387|batch #259387]]"
  8. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → writer, friar, lay brother +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32083|batch #32083]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (25)"
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