Joachim of Fiore

Joachim of Fiore, also known as Joachim of Flora and in Italian Gioacchino da Fiore (1135 - 1201), was the founder of monastic order of San Giovanni in Fiore. He was a mystic, a theologian and an esoterist.

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Italian - 1135 - 1201 - Fiore - Mystic - Theologian - Esoterist

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Born in Celico in the Kingdom of Naples, from Mauro the notary and Gemma, he became a notary himself and worked for the kings of Sicily when he had a spiritual conversion, and went off on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, a time about which we know very little. When he returned, he lived as a hermit for several years before joining the Cistercian Order. He later became abbot of Corazzo.

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Celico - Kingdom of Naples - Pilgrimage - Holy Land - Hermit - Cistercian Order - Corazzo

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One of his most important works is Age of the Spirit. He theorized a new age in which the hierarchy of the church would be unnecessary and infidels would unite with Christians. The most spiritual Franciscan monks acclaimed him as a prophet.

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In The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri placed him in paradise.

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The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri

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