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Johannes Tauler

Johannes Tauler
Statue of Johannes Tauler, the Strasbourg Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune Protestant Church.
Bornc. 1300
Died16 June 1361
Strasbourg
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)German mystic, Catholic priest, theologian
TitleDoctor Illuminatus et sublimis

Johannes Tauler OP (c. 1300 – 16 June 1361) was a German mystic, a 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.


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