Nicholas of Cusa

Author: Anonymous

August 8, 2014

Nicholas Cryfts - or Krebs - was born in Kues (Cusa), on the banks of the River Moselle, in the region of Trier, now Germany, in 1401. His father, Johan Cryfts, a rich ship owner, died in 1451 and his mother, Catherina Roemer, in 1427. His early education took place at the school of the Brothers of the Common Life, in Deventer (Netherlands), whose devotio moderna, combining mysticism and [...]

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