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Thomas à Kempis

1380 - 1471

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Thomas à Kempis, CRV (c. 1380 – 01 May 1471;) 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. He was a member of the Congregation of Windesheim, which was part of the Modern Devotion, a reform movement during the late medieval period. Therein, he was a follower of Geert Groote and Florens Radewyns, the founders of the Brethren of the Common Life, of which the Windesheim Augustinians were an offshoot. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas à Kempis is the 504th most popular religious figure (down from 458th in 2019), the 382nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 353rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Religious Figure.

Thomas à Kempis is most famous for his book The Imitation of Christ, which is a Christian devotional text.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Thomas à Kempis ranks 504 out of 3,187. Before him are Zaynab bint Ali, Dionysius the Areopagite, Alcuin, John Climacus, Pope Victor II, and Eric IX of Sweden. After him are Charbel Makhlouf, Vincent of Saragossa, Hor-Aha, Báb, Genevieve, and Pope Marcellinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1380, Thomas à Kempis ranks 1. After him are Pachacuti, Bernardino of Siena, Ferdinand I of Aragon, Poggio Bracciolini, Jamshīd al-Kāshī, Prokop the Great, Lidwina, İsa Çelebi, Itzcoatl, Anna of Cilli, and Yawar Waqaq. Among people deceased in 1471, Thomas à Kempis ranks 3. Before him are Henry VI of England, and Pope Paul II. After him are George of Poděbrady, Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy, Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, Thomas Malory, João Gonçalves Zarco, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg, Edmund Beaufort, and Emperor Go-Hanazono.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Thomas à Kempis ranks 382 out of 7,253. Before him are Franz Halder (1884), George Paget Thomson (1892), Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744), Pope Victor II (1018), Regiomontanus (1436), and Joseph Beuys (1921). After him are Moses Mendelssohn (1729), Harald zur Hausen (1936), Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877), Valdemar I of Denmark (1131), Hugo Boss (1885), and Johann Gottfried Galle (1812).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Thomas à Kempis ranks 11. Before him are Albertus Magnus (1206), Pope Joan (null), Pope Damasus II (1000), Philip Melanchthon (1497), Pope Clement II (1005), and Pope Victor II (1018). After him are Bruno of Cologne (1030), Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774), Rabanus Maurus (780), Conrad Schumann (1942), Albert of Brandenburg (1490), and Nicolaus Zinzendorf (1700).

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