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Also Known As Heinrich von Berg • Henry Suso • Heinrich Seuse
Born March 21, 1295? • Konstanz • Germany
Died January 25, 1366 • Ulm • Germany
Subjects Of Study mysticism
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Johann Tauler
German mystic
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Meister Eckhart
German theologian and mystic
Lo Spagna: Saint Catherine of Siena
St. Catherine of Siena
Italian mystic
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Johann Arndt
German theologian
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
French abbot
The second founder of the Franciscans, St. Bonaventure
Saint Bonaventure
Italian theologian
Engraving of Saint Teresa of Avila in a Carmelite habit, gazing upward and holding a crucifix and a scroll.
St. Teresa of Ávila
Spanish mystic
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AE
Irish poet
Julian of Norwich
Julian of Norwich
English mystic
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Saint Symeon the New Theologian
Byzantine monk
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Saint John Climacus
Byzantine monk
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Dionysius the Carthusian
Flemish theologian
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Saint Nicodemus the Hagiorite
Greek monk
Rolle, detail from “Religious Poems,” early 15th century; in the British Library (Cotton Ms. Faustina B. VI)
Richard Rolle
British mystic
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Hugh Paulin Cressy
English author and editor
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Franciscus Ludovicus Blosius
Benedictine monastic reformer and writer
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Walter Hilton
English mystic and author
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German religious leader
Jakob Böhme
Jakob Böhme
German mystic
Sibyl of the Rhine
St. Hildegard
German mystic