Description Thomas Kempis, C.
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He also is known by various spellings of his family name: Thomas Haemerken
Thomas Hammerlein
Thomas Hemerken and Thomas H merken.
His name means Thomas "of Kempen", his hometown, and in German he is known as Thomas von Kempen. 1380 - 25 July 1471) was a Dutch canon regular of the late medieval period and the author of The Imitation of Christ, one of the most popular and best known Christian books on devotion. "Hammerkin" (small hammer); c. (Thomas van Kempen or Thomas Hemerken or Haemerken, litt.
Description Thomas Kempis, C.
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