John van Ruysbroeck, original Middle Dutch name Jan van Ruusbroec, was an Augustinian canon and one of the most important of the medieval mystics of the Low Countries. Wikipedia
Born: 1293, Ruisbroek, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium
Died: December 2, 1381 (age 88 years), Groenendael, Hoeilaart, Belgium
Beatified: 9 December 1908 by Pope Pius X
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