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Jan van Ruusbroec

1293–1381 · 14th century · Also known as John of Ruusbroec

Jan van Ruusbroec was a Brabantine mystic and priest of Brussels who withdrew in 1343 to Groenendaal in the Sonian Forest, where he became prior of a community of canons regular and died in 1381. His Middle Dutch works, above all The Spiritual Espousals, describe the stages of the soul's union with God. He influenced Geert Groote and the Devotio Moderna and was beatified in 1908.

Jan van Ruusbroec
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