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Bruno Gröning, German mystic and author (died 1959)

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Bruno Gröning

German mystic (1906–1959)

Bruno Bernhard Gröning was a German mystic who rose to fame in the late 1940s for performing faith healings. Prior to this, he was a member of the Nazi Party, serving in World War II and spending several months in a prisoner of war camp. He died of cancer at the age of 52.
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Friends of God

Medieval mystical group

The Friends of God was a medieval mystical group of both ecclesiastical and lay persons within the Catholic Church and a center of German mysticism. It was founded between 1339 and 1343 during the Avignon Papacy, a time of great turmoil for the Catholic Church. The Friends of…
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