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Joachim of Fiore or Joachim of Floris - English
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Mystic, born in Calabria, Italy. In 1177 he became abbot of the Cistercian monastery of Corazzo, and later founded a stricter Order, the Ordo Florensis, which was absorbed by the Cistercians in 1505. He is known for his mystical interpretation of history, recognizing three ages of increasing spirituality: the Age of the Father (the Old Testament), the Age of the Son (the New Testament and the period to 1260), and the Age of the Spirit, a period of perfect liberty, which would emerge thereafter.

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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Joachim of Flora - English
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Cistercian abbot and mystic; b. at Celico, near Cosenza, Italy, c. 1132; d. at San Giovanni in Fiore, in Calabria, 30 March, 1202.

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