His grave in the crypt of the church of San Lorenzo was opened as part of the beatification process
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Nicolas Steno
Niels Steensen was a Danish scientist, a pioneer in both anatomy and geology who became a Catholic bishop in his later years. He has been beatified by the Catholic Church.
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science · Danish scientist and Catholic bishop (1638 – 1686) · anatomist · paleontologist · physician · geologist · Catholic priest · crystallographer · Catholic bishop · naturalist · polymath · priest · also Nicolas Steno, Niels Steensen, Nicolaus Stenonius, Nicholas Steno, Steno
Born 11 January 1638 · Died 5 December 1686 · Q151722
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We need only view a Dissection of that large Mass, the Brain, to have ground to bewail our Ignorance...We admire...the Fibres of every Muscle, and ought still more to admire their disposition in the Brain, where an infinite number of them contained in a very small Space, do each execute their particular Offices without confusion or disorder.
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1950· 1 entry
The "Niels Steensens Gymnasium", a Catholic preparatory school, was founded by the Jesuit Order in Copenhagen
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1946· 1 entry
His grave was opened, and the corpse was reburied after a procession through the streets of the city
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1938· 1 entry
And Pope John Paul II beatified Steensen in 1988
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1686· 3 entries
Died 1686-12-05.
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“There are those among us who would have us say that the mysteries of the brain are completely solved and little needs to be added to its knowledge. It is as if these fortunate persons had been present when this magnificent organ was created.”
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“We need only view a Dissection of that large Mass, the Brain, to have ground to bewail our Ignorance...We admire...the Fibres of every Muscle, and ought still more to admire their disposition in the Brain, where an infinite number of them contained in a very small Space, do each execute their particular Offices without confusion or disorder.”
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1680· 1 entry
Career landmark: auxiliary bishop (1680–1683).
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1677· 2 entries
Career landmark: Apostolic Vicar of Nordic Missions (1677–1686).
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Career landmark: titular bishop (1677).
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1638· 1 entry
Born 1638-01-11.
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