The German Christian Rosenkreutz (1378?-1484?), or Christian Rosy-Cross, was a part-real, part-mythical character. He was supposedly invented by Johann Valentin Andreae, who was probably one of the authors of the Rosicrucian Manifesto, according to various academic theories.
Initiated by 12 wise men who had been “imbued with Christ’s being” (according to R. Steiner), he was believed to be the founder of the Order of the Rosy-Cross, which declared itself to be a ‘Mystery School’. It is said his tomb was discovered in
1604 and had inscribed on its lid “I will open in 120 years”.
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