Topic summary

Ludolph of Saxony

Ludolph of Saxony

Ludolph of Saxony (c. 1295 – 1378), also known as Ludolphus de Saxonia and Ludolph the Carthusian, was a German Roman Catholictheologian of the fourteenth century.

His principal work, first printed in the 1470s, was the Vita Christi (Life of Christ). It had significant influence on the development of techniques for by introducing the concept of immersing and projecting oneself into a biblical scene portraying the life of Jesus, which became popular among the Devotio Moderna community and later influenced Ignatius of Loyola.