Nicolas Steno Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Blessed
Niels Steensen
Term End:5 December 1686
Other Post:Titular Bishop of Titiopolis
Ordination:13 April 1675
Consecration:19 September 1677
Consecrated By:Saint Gregorio Barbarigo[1]
Birth Name:Niels Steensen
Birth Date:1 January 1638
Death Date:
Buried:Basilica of San Lorenzo, Italy
Nationality:Danish
Religion:Roman Catholic
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Nicolas Steno.svg
Coat Of Arms Alt:Coat of arms of Bishop Nicolas Steno. The cross symbolizes faith and the heart, the natural sciences.
Feast Day:5 December
Venerated:Roman Catholic Church
Beatified Date:23 October 1988
Beatified Place:Rome, Vatican City

Niels Steensen (Danish: Niels Steensen; Latinized to Nicolas Steno or Nicolaus Stenonius); 1 January 1638 – 25 November 1686[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Canonizzazione di S. Gregorio Barbarigo. Homily of His Holiness Pope John XXIII. 14 January 2012. Pope John XXIII. Pope John XXIII. Holy See. 26 May 1960. it.
  2. Web site: History of Geology Steno . https://web.archive.org/web/20170128152818/http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/histgeol/steno/steno.htm . 28 January 2017 . dead . Aber . James S. . 2007 . 11 January 2012.