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The Fama Fraternitatis presented the legend of a German doctor and mystic philosopher referred to as " Frater C. R. C.

" ( later identified in a third manifesto as Christian Rosenkreuz, or " Rose-cross ").

The year 1378 is presented as being the birth year of " our Christian Father ," and it is stated that he lived 106 years.

After studying in the Middle East under various masters, possibly adhering to Sufism, he was unable to spread the knowledge he had acquired to any prominent European figures.

Instead, he gathered a small circle of friends / disciples and founded the Rosicrucian Order ( this can be deduced to have occurred around 1407 ).