List of Occultists - Medieval Europe

Medieval Europe

  • Abraham Abulafia, kabalist "messiah"
  • Albertus Magnus, had many magical texts attributed to him
  • Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond, associated with the goddess Áine
  • Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, shapeshifter skilled in the black arts
  • Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare, alchemist thought to have magical powers
  • Gilles de Rais, serial killer accused of sorcery
  • Jābir ibn Hayyān, Persian alchemist that influenced all Medieval alchemy
  • John of Nottingham and Robert Marshall, accused of attempting to kill Edward II with magic
  • Merlin, Arthurian wizard
  • Morgan le Fay, witch sister of King Arthur
  • Nicolas Flamel, alchemist
  • Pietro d'Abano astrologer and purported author of the Heptameron
  • Ramon Llull, syncretic mystic
  • Roger Bacon, philosopher accused of magic
  • Michael Scot, Magician
  • Ímar Ua Donnubáin, Norse-Gaelic navigator and sorcerer

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