Joachim of Fiore
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Joachim of Fiore, also known as Joachim of Flora, was an Italian Christian theologian, Catholic abbot, and the founder of the monastic order of San Giovanni in Fiore. According to theologian Bernard M
Joachim of Flora, in a 15th-century woodcut
A 1573 fresco depicting Gioacchino da Fiore, in the Cathedral of Santa Severina, Calabria, Italy
"Joachim in his study”, woodcut from a 1516 edition.
Page of Liber Figurarum, 12th century - showing a Seven-Headed Dragon at right
Cult of the Holy Spirit
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The Cult of the Holy Spirit, also known as the Cult of the Empire of the Holy Spirit, is a religious sub-culture, inspired by Christian millenarian mystics, associated with Azorean Catholic identity,
Joachim of Fiore
…the Franciscan order by his follower Gerardo of Borgo San Donnino. Joachim's idea of the Age of the Holy Spirit would also later greatly influence the Cult of the Holy Spirit, which would in later centuries have a considerable impact in Portugal and its colonies, and would suffer severe persecution by the Portuguese Inquisition…
A symbol of the faith: the dove of the Holy Spirit, as seen on one of the standards carried in ritual processions
The dove: iconographic symbol of the Holy Spirit
An altar in honor of the Holy Spirit with Crown, an example from the island of São Jorge
Crown, scepter and orb of the Holy Spirit