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Also Known As Saint Simeon the New Theologian
Born c.949 • Paphlagonia • Turkey
Died March 12, 1022 • Üsküdar • Turkey
Subjects Of Study mysticism
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Saint John Climacus
Byzantine monk
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Saint Nicodemus the Hagiorite
Greek monk
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St. Maximus the Confessor
Byzantine theologian
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Anthony Melissa
Byzantine monk
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Nicetas Stethatos
Greek theologian
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
French abbot
The second founder of the Franciscans, St. Bonaventure
Saint Bonaventure
Italian theologian
Engraving of Saint Teresa of Avila in a Carmelite habit, gazing upward and holding a crucifix and a scroll.
St. Teresa of Ávila
Spanish mystic
Lo Spagna: Saint Catherine of Siena
St. Catherine of Siena
Italian mystic
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AE
Irish poet
Julian of Norwich
Julian of Norwich
English mystic
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Heinrich Suso
German mystic
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Johann Arndt
German theologian
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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Franciscus Ludovicus Blosius
Benedictine monastic reformer and writer
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Walter Hilton
English mystic and author
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Gregory of Sinai
Greek Orthodox monk
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Isaac of Nineveh
Syrian bishop
Leo III
Leo III
Byzantine emperor

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