About Laurentius Nicolai Norvegus
Lived 1538 – 1622 (aged 83–84). Laurentius Nicolai Norvegus was a Norwegian and Swedish catholic priest, missionary, university teacher, theologian and writer.
Laurids Nilsen (, ), known in Sweden as Kloster-Lasse ("Monestary-Lars"), born 1538 in Tønsberg, Denmark–Norway, dead 1622 in Vilnius, Lithuania, was a Norwegian Jesuit, active in service of the Counter-Reformation in Sweden during the reign of King John III of Sweden from 1576 until 1588. During that time, he headed the Roman Catholic Collegium Regium Stockholmense.
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Laurentius Nicolai Norvegus was born in 1538 in Oslo.
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Laurentius Nicolai Norvegus died on 5 May 1622 in Vilnius.
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Laurentius Nicolai Norvegus was a catholic priest, missionary, university teacher, theologian and writer.
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Laurentius Nicolai Norvegus was Norwegian and Swedish.
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