Meaning of Guglielmite | Babel Free

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A follower of the Italian noblewoman Guglielma of Bohemia (1210–1281), who practiced and preached an alternative, feminized version of Christianity in which she predicted the end of time and her own resurrection as the Holy Spirit incarnate.

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“[T]he defence of Maifreda is replaced by a statement that Matteo had interfered to save Galeazzo, who was now stated to have been a Guglielmite.”

“Except for Stefano Crimella, no spouse of a Guglielmite was implicated or sentenced.”

“With her disciples, Maifreda began to prepare for her pontificate. They planned a new college of cardinals which would consist largely, if not wholly, of women. Boniface and the Inquisition did not take too kindly to such talk and Maifreda and her Guglielmites were burnt at the stake.”

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