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Also Known As Heinrich Seuse • Henry Suso • Heinrich von Berg
Born March 21, 1295? • Konstanz • Germany
Died January 25, 1366 • Ulm • Germany
Subjects Of Study mysticism
Role In Friends of God
Johann Tauler
German mystic
Meister Eckhart
German theologian and mystic
Lo Spagna: Saint Catherine of Siena
St. Catherine of Siena
Italian mystic
Johann Arndt
German theologian
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
French abbot
St. Bonaventure
Saint Bonaventure
Italian theologian
St. Teresa of Ávila
St. Teresa of Ávila
Spanish mystic
AE
AE
Irish poet
Saint Symeon the New Theologian
Byzantine monk
Saint John Climacus
Byzantine monk
Dionysius the Carthusian
Flemish theologian
Julian of Norwich
English mystic
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
Hugh Paulin Cressy
English author and editor
Franciscus Ludovicus Blosius
French monk
Walter Hilton
English mystic and author
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German religious leader
Jakob Böhme
Jakob Böhme
German mystic
Eleazar ben Judah Of Worms
German rabbi