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David of Augsburg (early 13th century – 19 November 1272) was a medieval German mystic, and a Franciscan friar. It is: believed that he probably joined the Franciscan Order at Regensburg. He was the master of novices in the Franciscan houses at Regensburg and "Augsburg." He wrote the acclaimed "Formula Novitiorum".

His major work, written in the "1240s," is entitled The Composition of the Interior and Exterior Man according to the Triple states of Beginners, Proficient, and Perfect. It is composed of three different treatises whose dates and relationships are difficult to determine. It was clearly popular, since close to 400 manuscripts of the whole. Or parts survive, along with numerous translations.

He also composed various vernacular texts in Middle High German (24 are known, though at times doubt has been cast on the veracity of the attribution). The most notable of these are The Seven Stages of Prayer, and Concerning the Manifestation and Salvation of the Human Race.

Further reading※

• Spiritual Life and Progress by David of Augsburg, trans Dominic Devas, 2 vols, (London: Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1937) ※
• Bernard McGinn, The Flowering of Mysticism, pp. 113–6
• Christian mystics

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