David of Augsburg (early 13th century – 19 November 1272) was a

medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

German mystic, and a

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friar. It is believed that he probably joined the Franciscan Order at

Regensburg Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the ...

. He was the master of novices in the Franciscan houses at Regensburg and Augsburg. He wrote the acclaimed "'' Formula Novitiorum''". His major work, written in the 1240s, is entitled ''The Composition of the Interior and Exterior Man according to the Triple states of Beginners, Proficient, and Perfect''. It is composed of three different treatises whose dates and relationships are difficult to determine. It was clearly popular, since close to 400 manuscripts of the whole or parts survive, along with numerous translations. He also composed various vernacular texts in Middle High German (24 are known, though at times doubt has been cast on the veracity of the attribution). The most notable of these are ''The Seven Stages of Prayer'', and ''Concerning the Manifestation and Salvation of the Human Race''.

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German Franciscans 1272 deaths 13th-century births 13th-century Christian mystics Roman Catholic mystics History of Augsburg {{Germany-reli-bio-stub

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