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Also Known As Jane Lead • Jane Ward Leade
Born March 1624
Died August 19, 1704 (aged 80)
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Emanuel Swedenborg
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Mircea Eliade
Mircea Eliade
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St. Bernard of Clairvaux
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Joachim Of Fiore
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St. Bonaventure
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