Henry Suso
German Dominican friar and mystic
Feast: 23 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Henry Suso was born at Constance about 1295 and entered the Dominicans there at thirteen. At eighteen he gave up his careless ways and made himself 'the Servant of the Eternal Wisdom'. He studied at Cologne under Meister Eckhart.
He preached, served as prior, and from 1348 lived at Ulm, where he died on 25 January 1366. He is one of the great German mystics.
The miracles
The Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A mystic who gave his life to the Eternal Wisdom.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Blessed Henry Suso
- Wikidata Q303435 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Henry Suso (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.