From the Translator’s Preface: ‘’The Blessed Henry Suso was born at Ueberlingen, near Constance, on St. Benedict’s day, A.D. 1300. He was of ancient and noble descent both to his mother, who was a person of eminent holiness, he called himself by her maiden name od Seuss, Latinised int Suso, instead of taking his father’s surname, Von Berg. His baptismal name was Henry; but many years later, when he had attained to great holiness, God changed his name into Amandus, or Beloved. The Blessed Henry did not make this known to any one so long as he lived, but a record of it was discovered among his papers after his death’’. Translated from the original German by Thomas Francis Knox.
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