Joachim of Fiore (Dictionary of World Biography: The Middle Ages)
Early Life
Joachim of Fiore (archaic, Flora) was born to Maurus, a notary, and Gemma in Celico, near Cosenza, about 1135. Although later writers would claim that the family members were converted Jews, there is no convincing evidence to support this statement. Joachim, who was trained to be a court bureaucrat and notary, entered the service of King William II of Sicily at Palermo as a young man. About 1167, after an illness, he left William’s service to go on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where he decided to follow a religious life. While meditating on Mount Tabor, he...
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