biography
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Joachim of Fiore or Joachim of Floris
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pronunciation:
[johakim]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1135–1202)
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| biography:
| Mystic, born in Calabria, S Italy. In 1177 he became abbot of the Cistercian monastery of Corazzo, and later founded a stricter Order, the Ordo Florensis, which was absorbed by the Cistercians in 1505. He is known for his mystical interpretation of history, recognizing three ages of increasing spirituality: the Age of the Father (the Old Testament), the Age of the Son (the New Testament and the period to 1260), and the Age of the Spirit, a period of perfect liberty, which would emerge thereafter. |
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