John of Ruusbroec, Flemish priest and mystic (born 1293)

John of Ruusbroec

14th-century Brabantian theologian and mystic (1293/4–1381)

John of Ruusbroec or Jan van Ruusbroec, sometimes modernized Ruysbroeck, was an Augustinian canon and one of the most important of the medieval mystics of the Low Countries. Some of his main literary works include The Kingdom of the Divine Lovers, The Twelve Beguines, The…