John of the Cross

American  

noun

1. Saint Juan de Yepis y Álvarez, 1542–91, Spanish mystic, writer, and theologian: cofounder with Saint Theresa of the order of Discalced Carmelites.

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John of the Cross British  

noun

1. Saint. original name Juan de Yepis y Alvarez. 1542–91, Spanish Carmelite monk, poet, and mystic. He founded the Discalced Carmelites with Saint Teresa (1568). Feast day: Dec 14

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John of the Cross

Doss offered a sermon on the manifestations of love that quoted everyone from St. John of the Cross to the Hindu mystic poet Mirabai.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2021

In an interview, Gander has said that one poem in the collection, a loose translation of the first ballad of St. John of the Cross, was literally interrupted by Wright’s death.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 20, 2018

Across town, however, the star attraction at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Museum, Salvador Dali’s Christ of St. John of the Cross, is on the road until 2020.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2018

The Christ of St John of the Cross spent six months in the US after being loaned to a museum in Atlanta for an exhibition on the artist.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2011

I have been able to say with our holy Father, St. John of the Cross: "My house is entirely at peace," and I attribute this interior peace to a victory I gained over myself.

From The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse by Thomas N. (Thomas Nimmo) Taylor