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Born c.1373
Died c.1440
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Isaac Of Stella
English philosopher and theologian
Julian of Norwich
Julian of Norwich
English mystic
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Augustine Baker
English monk
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William Law
British author
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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Hugh Paulin Cressy
English author and editor
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Evelyn Underhill
British writer
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Walter Hilton
English mystic and author
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William Alabaster
English scholar
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W. T. Stace
British philosopher
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Jane Leade
English mystic
Bonaventura Berlinghieri: St. Francis and Scenes from His Life
St. Francis of Assisi
Italian saint
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
Mircea Eliade
Mircea Eliade
Romanian religious historian and author
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Isaac ben Solomon Luria
Jewish mystic
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
French abbot
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Joachim Of Fiore
Italian theologian
The second founder of the Franciscans, St. Bonaventure
Saint Bonaventure
Italian theologian