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

The iconic red brick building which houses Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum contains thousands of artefacts - from a full sized elephant beneath a spitfire to Salvador Dali's Christ of St John of the Cross.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

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

One look at 1950's "Madonna of Port Ligat" or 1951's "Christ of Saint John of the Cross" clinches their point.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2010

Saint John of the Cross, for instance, one of the best of them, thus describes the condition called the "union of love," which, he says, is reached by "dark contemplation."

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by William James

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