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July 25, 1471
Thomas à Kempis, German priest and mystic
Thomas à Kempis
Thomas à Kempis, CRV German: Thomas von Kempen; Dutch: Thomas van Kempen) was a German-Dutch Catholic canon regular of the Augustinians and the author of The Imitation of Christ, one of the best known Christian devotional books. His name means "Thomas of Kempen", Kempen, Germany, being his home town.