Saint Seraphim of Sarov: Quick Facts


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Also Known As Prokhor Moshnin • Svyatoy Serafim Sarovsky
Born July 19, 1759 • Kursk • Russia
Died January 2, 1833 (aged 73) • Tambov • Russia
Subjects Of Study asceticism • meditation • mysticism

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Evagrius Ponticus
Christian mystic
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Evelyn Underhill
British writer
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Saint Nil Sorsky
Russian mystic
Mircea Eliade
Mircea Eliade
Romanian religious historian and author
Simone Weil.
Simone Weil
French philosopher
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Indian spiritual leader
Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1929.
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang
archbishop of Canterbury
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Augustine Baker
English monk
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Matthäus Schiner
Swiss diplomat
John Owen, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Owen
English minister
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Jnanadeva
Indian poet
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Saint John Climacus
Byzantine monk
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Johann von Staupitz
German clergyman
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Theoleptus Of Philadelphia
Greek Orthodox bishop
Duperron, detail from an engraving
Jacques Davy Duperron
French cardinal
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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Konrad von Marburg
German inquisitor
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Thomas Goodwin
English minister