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St. John of Ávila: Quick Facts

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Also Known As San Juan de Ávila
Born 1499 or 1500 • Spain
Died May 10, 1569 • Montilla • Spain
Notable Works “Audi filia” • “Lettres de direction”
St. Dominic
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St. Isidore
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St. Junípero Serra
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Martin Luther
Martin Luther
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St. Peter the Apostle
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St. Gregory the Great
St. Gregory the Great
pope
John Bunyan
John Bunyan
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Pope Leo XIV
Leo XIV
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Portrait painting by Fra Bartolomeo of Girolamo Savonarola in profile, wearing a dark hooded robe, set against a black background with a Latin inscription below.
Girolamo Savonarola
Italian preacher
St. John Henry Newman
St. John Henry Newman
British theologian
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Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
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Billy Graham
Billy Graham
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Mother Teresa
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George Fox
George Fox
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John Dominic Crossan
Irish-born American theologian
Ramon Llull.
Ramon Llull
Catalan mystic
Vieira, António
António Vieira
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Father Damien
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Belgian priest
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John Milíč
Bohemian theologian