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Born December 9, 1575 • Abergavenny • England
Died August 9, 1641 (aged 65) • London • England
Subjects Of Study asceticism • mysticism
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Diadochus Of Photice
theologian
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Evagrius Ponticus
Christian mystic
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Isaac Of Stella
English philosopher and theologian
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William of Saint-Thierry
French philosopher
Rolle, detail from “Religious Poems,” early 15th century; in the British Library (Cotton Ms. Faustina B. VI)
Richard Rolle
British mystic
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Evelyn Underhill
British writer
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Hugh Paulin Cressy
English author and editor
Philo Judaeus
Philo Judaeus
Jewish philosopher
Engraving by Lucas Vorsterman after Peter Paul Rubens showing St. Ignatius of Loyola with a halo, hands clasped in prayer before a crucifix and open book.
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish saint
Emanuel Swedenborg
Emanuel Swedenborg
Swedish philosopher
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
French abbot
St. Basil the Great
St. Basil the Great
bishop of Caesarea
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Joachim Of Fiore
Italian theologian
The second founder of the Franciscans, St. Bonaventure
Saint Bonaventure
Italian theologian
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Meister Eckhart
German theologian and mystic
St. Gregory of Nyssa
Saint Gregory of Nyssa
Byzantine philosopher and theologian
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al-Muḥāsibī
Muslim theologian
Gerson, engraving
Jean de Gerson
French theologian
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Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
Syrian author
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Mark The Hermit
Christian theologian