Joachim of Floris
Italian mystic theologian, born at Celico, near Cosenza, in Calabria. Brought up at the court of Duke Roger of Apulia; at an early age visited the holy places; witnessing the plague at Constantinople, he resolved to change his mode of life, and, upon returning to Italy, became a monk in the Cistercian abbey of Casamari (BCW 9:420-421).
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- Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
- CTD article in Russian: Иоахим Флорский
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Shortly: Italian mystic theologian, born at Celico, near Cosenza, in Calabria. Brought up at the court of Duk...