St. John of the Cross was a Christian mystic and Spanish poet who became an important reformer of Spanish monasticism in the 16th century. With St. Teresa of Ávila, he founded the order of the Discalced Carmelites. In 1726 he was canonized (officially declared a saint), and in 1926 he was declared a doctor of the church, a title granted to saints whose writings and teachings are of particular importance.
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