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Tauler
Tauler is a Catalan surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Cristóbal Tauler (1894–?), Spanish Olympic sports shooter *Johannes Tauler (c. 1300–1361), German mystic theologian *Toni Tauler Antonio Tauler Llull (born 11 April 1974) is a Spanish professional racing cyclist from Santa Margalida. Major results ; 1996 : 1st, Vuelta a Cartagena ; 1998 : 2nd, Stage 5, Vuelta a Murcia : 1998 World Cup :: 3rd, Pursuit, Berlin ; 1999 : 1 ... (born 1974), Spanish cyclist {{Surname Catalan-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Tauler
Johannes Tauler OP ( – 16 June 1361) was a German mystic, a Roman Catholic priest and a theologian. A disciple of Meister Eckhart, he belonged to the Dominican order. Tauler was known as one of the most important Rhineland mystics. He promoted a certain neo-platonist dimension in the Dominican spirituality of his time. Life He was born about the year 1300 in Strasbourg, and seems to have been the son of Nikolus Tauler or Taweler, of Finkweiler (now Finckwiller st.), who in 1304 was a member of the Strasbourg city council. He entered the Dominican order at the age of about eighteen, and was educated at the Dominican convent in that city. Meister Eckhart, who greatly influenced him, was active in Strasbourg between about 1313 and 1326, though it is unclear what relationship they may have had. It is possible that while taking the customary eight-years' course of study at the monastery he heard Eckhart preach. From Strasbourg he went to the Dominican college of Cologne, and per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
