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Julian of Norwich (l. 1342-1416 CE, also known as Dame Julian, Lady Juliana of Norwich) was a Christian mystic and anchoress best known for her work Revelations of Divine Love (Julian's original title: Showings). Almost nothing is known of...

Oribasius (c. 320-400/403 CE) was the physician and political advisor of the Roman emperor Julian the Apostate (r. 361-363 CE). A native of Pergamon, a rich and powerful Greek city in Mysia, he studied medicine and oratory and belonged to...

Margery Kempe (l. c. 1373 - c. 1438 CE) was a medieval mystic and author of the first autobiography in English, The Book of Margery Kempe, which relates her spiritual journey from wife and mother in Bishop's Lynn, England to a chaste Christian...

Denmark Vesey (c. 1767-1822) was a free Black man living in Charleston, South Carolina, as a carpenter and community leader. A former slave himself, Vesey became involved in the antislavery movement and was accused of planning a large-scale...

St Julian's Church', a lithograph by James Sillett (1764 -1840 CE). This print depicts St. Julian's Church in Norwich, England. The church was built in the Middle Ages, and St. Julian of Norwich (c. 1342 - c. 1416 CE) was likely named after...

The Alemanni (also known as the Alamanni and the Alamans, meaning "All Men" or "Men United") were a confederacy of Germanic-speaking people who occupied the regions south of the Main and east of the Rhine rivers in present-day Germany. Many...

Revelations of Divine Love audiobook by Julian of Norwich (c. November 8, 1342 — c. 1416), http://free-audio-books.info/christianity/revelations-of-divine-love-audiobook/ Translated by Grace Warrack Julian of Norwich (c. November 8...

A statue of St. Julian of Norwich (c. 1342 - c. 1416 CE) in the Norwich Cathedral, England.

Gold coin of Roman emperor Julian the Apostate (r. 361-363 CE), minted in Antiochia ad Orontem. British Museum, London.

A stained glass window depicting St. Julian of Norwich (c. 1342 - c. 1416 CE) in prayer. From the Norwich Cathedral in England.