Gerard Groote, otherwise Gerrit or Gerhard Groet, in Latin Gerardus Magnus, was a Dutch Catholic deacon, who was a popular preacher and the founder of the Brethren of the Common Life. He was a key figure in the Devotio Moderna movement.
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![Excerpt from a "simple" Middle Dutch book of hours, using the translation of Geert Groote. Made in the 2nd half of the fifteenth century in Brabant.[4]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Archive-ugent-be-336BC5FA-15CD-11E9-954B-23312282636C_DS-209_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Archive-ugent-be-336BC5FA-15CD-11E9-954B-23312282636C_DS-209_%28cropped%29.jpg)
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deceased
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Lived 1340 to 1384 · aged 44
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