Name

Denis the Carthusian

Original name

Denys van Leeuwen, Dionysius van Rijkel, Dionysius Carthusianus

Main activity

monk

Secondary activity

Writer

Title

O. Cart.

Name variations

Denys le Chartreux, Doctor ecstaticus"

Education place

Sint-Truiden, Zwolle, Roermond, Cologne

Education institution

Monastic schools, University of Cologne, The Carthusian Monastery at Roermond

Activity place

Roermond

Activity institution

The Carthusian monastery at Roermond

Activity start date

Activity end date

Place of birth

Rijkel

Date of birth

1402

Place of death

Roermond

Date of death

1471

Bibliographical references

Descriptive card

Author of “Contra perfidiam Mahometi et contra multa dicta Sarracenorum” in four books, written in Roermond at the request of Nicholas of Cusa.

Entry author

Davide Scotto