richard rolle

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born 1300, Thornton, Yorkshire, Eng. died Sept. 29, 1394, Hampole, Yorkshire English mystic. He left the University of Oxford without a degree, dissatisfied with the subjects of study, and became a hermit. Writing in the vernacular for the sake of women readers, he exalted the contemplative life and emphasized a rapturous mystical union with God. He may have been spiritual adviser to the nuns of Hampole in his late years
Richard de Hampole Rolle
born 1300, Thornton, Yorkshire, Eng. died Sept. 29, 1394, Hampole, Yorkshire English mystic. He left the University of Oxford without a degree, dissatisfied with the subjects of study, and became a hermit. Writing in the vernacular for the sake of women readers, he exalted the contemplative life and emphasized a rapturous mystical union with God. He may have been spiritual adviser to the nuns of Hampole in his late years
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