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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Example Sentences

A year before, the newly opened Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles had acquired Viola’s slightly earlier “Room for St. John of the Cross,” a noisy evocation of spiritual disruptions in modern life as prophesied by a 16th Century Spanish mystic.

From Los Angeles Times

“You’d often be talking to a sister about something through the turn and, all of a sudden, some coffee or oatmeal would appear,” said James Krug, director of the Oblates of St. Teresa of Jesus and St. John of the Cross, a lay volunteer group.

From Seattle Times

The 16th-century mystic Saint John of the Cross spoke of the “living flame of love” that draws believers out of the “dark night of the soul.”

From Washington Post

“In the aerobics room, / Going nowhere on my treadmill, / While watching a beefy colleague / Climb stairs while remaining in place, / It occurs to me that maybe / What we have instead of / St. John of the Cross, / The dark night of the soul, / And the subsequent ascent of Mount Carmel, / Is the stepmaster machine.”

From Los Angeles Times

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