Spain
Bio
Birth date: June 24, 1542
Birth location: Fontiveros, Spain
Passing date: December 14, 1591
Passing location: Úbeda, Spain
Religious order: Carmelite
Commemorative festival: December 14
Memorable facts:
Honored by the Roman Catholic Church as Doctor of the Church
Mentored by his older contemporary St. Teresa of Avila
Commonly known as the “Mystical Doctor”
Venerated here
saint
John of the Cross (1542 to 1591), a Spanish Catholic priest, mystic and Carmelite friar.[1] A major figure of the Counter-Reformation in Spain, he is one of the thirty-eight Doctors of the Church.[1]
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