René Laurentin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

René Laurentin

French theologian

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1917

Place of Birth: Tours, Centre-Val de Loire, France

Date of Death: 10-Sep-2017

Profession: writer, exegesis, Catholic priest, columnist, theologian, university teacher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Father René Laurentin (French pronunciation: ?[??ne lo??~t?~]; October 19, 1917 – September 10, 2017) was a French theologian.
He is widely recognized as "one of the world’s foremost students" of Mariology and is the author of numerous books and scholarly articles on topics including Marian apparitions such as Lourdes and Medjugorje; visionaries and mystics including Bernadette Soubirous, Thérèse de Lisieux, Catherine Labouré, and Yvonne Aimée de Malestroit; as well as biblical exegesis, theology, and Vatican II.