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Brother Lawrence

Clergy, Theologians & Religious Officials

Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection, born Nicolas Herman, was a French Catholic religious brother who lived from about 1614 to 1691 and served at a Discalced Carmelite monastery, now Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes in Paris. He is best remembered for a posthumous book of his writing, the classic Christian text The Practice of the Presence of God.

Facts
Classification
Nationality
France 2
Veneration Status
Officially Recognized or Venerated 1
Identity
Gender
Male 1
Life
Lifespan or Floruit
from 1614 2
Attestation
Traditions Revering This Figure
Christianity 1
Connections

Revered In

Entity-backed identity for the revered-in enum value this member already carries, resolved by exact or single-candidate near-exact live entity name match against a same-atlas religion, denomination or organization entity, per the phase 3 revered-in pilot (docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md, owner decision 2026-09-28, w-bucketpilot-reveredin-0929). The revered-in fact itself, with its own citation, remains on the member entity unchanged; this relationship only adds the durable entity identity the enum value already names.

In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Brother Lawrence, Structured Record (Wikidata Q3090506)
WikidataWikidata property P21 (sex or gender)View the Source
2. Wikipedia: Brother Lawrence
Wikipedia
  • Nationality, from source article
    Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection, OCD was a French Catholic religious brother who served at a Discalced Carmelite monastery.
  • lead paragraph
    (born Nicolas Herman; c. 1614-12 February 1691)
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