Laurentius of Echternach

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Laurentius of Echternach, Template:Fl., was a scribe from Echternach in modern Luxembourg.

Laurentius wrote the Echternach martyrology in minuscule, 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 Irish

References

  • "Manuscripts and palaeography, p.525, "A New History of Ireland", volume one, Dublin, 2006.

Template:Hiberno-Latin authors

Script error: No such module "Authority control".


Template:Asbox