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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1380
- Died
- 25 July 1471
- Works
- 619
Top works
- Ny fanarahana any Jeso-kristy
- L'imitation de Jésus-Christ
- L'imitazione di Gesu' Cristo
- L'imitazione di Cristo
- Andachtsübungen und vier Buecher von der Nachfolge Christi
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- 22
- Total plays
- 504
Article
Monument on Mount Saint Agnes in Zwolle "Here lived Thomas van Kempen in the service of the Lord and wrote his Imitation of Christ, 1406–1471" The reliquary with the relics of Thomas à Kempis Excerpt from the manuscript "Opera" (Works), written by Thomas à Kempis in the 2nd half of the 15th century Thomas à Kempis on Mount Saint Agnes – (1569)
Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380 – 1 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.