Eckhart von Hochheim, commonly known as Meister Eckhart, was a German Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher and mystic. He was born near Gotha in the Landgraviate of Thuringia in the Holy Roman Empire. He was a member of the Dominican Order. 1260 – February 5, 1328; died at about 68. Alive at the same time as Dante Alighieri, Marco Polo, Kublai Khan, William of Ockham, and Giotto. Wiki link