San Juan de la Cruz

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San Juan de la Cruz was a 16th-century Spanish mystic, poet, and Carmelite friar renowned for his profound spiritual writings and major influence on Christian mysticism and Spanish literature.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
John of the Cross 7
St. John of the Cross 4
San Juan de la Cruz canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Carmelite friar
Catholic priest
Catholic saint
Christian mystic
Doctor of the Church
Spanish poet
human
alsoKnownAs John of the Cross
linked to: San Juan de la Cruz

San Juan de la Cruz, OCD
linked to: San Juan de la Cruz
associatedWith Carmelite Reform
linked to: Carmelite Order

Counter‑Reformation
linked to: Counter-Reformation
birthDate 1542
birthName Juan de Yepes y Álvarez
birthPlace Fontiveros, Ávila, Crown of Castile
canonizationDate 1726
canonizationStatus canonized saint
canonizedBy Pope Benedict XIII
collaboratedWith Teresa of Ávila
countryOfCitizenship Spain
deathDate 1591
deathPlace Úbeda, Jaén, Crown of Castile
declaredDoctorOfTheChurchBy Pope Pius XI
declaredDoctorOfTheChurchDate 1926
fieldOfWork lyric poetry
mystical theology
spiritual direction
influenced Christian contemplative spirituality
Spanish literature
influencedBy Teresa of Ávila
languageOfExpression Spanish
literaryGenre mystical poetry
religious treatise
memberOf Order of the Discalced Carmelites
movement Christian mysticism
Spanish Golden Age literature
notableWork Ascent of Mount Carmel
Dark Night of the Soul
Living Flame of Love
Spiritual Canticle
occupation friar
mystic
poet
theologian
patronage Spanish poets
mystics
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
role co‑founder of the Discalced Carmelites
veneratedIn Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Spanish Renaissance notableAuthor San Juan de la Cruz
Doctor of the Church includes St. John of the Cross
linked to: San Juan de la Cruz
Burnt Norton influencedBy St. John of the Cross
linked to: San Juan de la Cruz
East Coker containsAllusionTo St. John of the Cross
linked to: San Juan de la Cruz
Teresa of Ávila influenced John of the Cross
linked to: San Juan de la Cruz
Order of the Discalced Carmelites foundedBy John of the Cross
linked to: San Juan de la Cruz
Order of the Discalced Carmelites hasNotableMember John of the Cross
linked to: San Juan de la Cruz
San Juan de la Cruz alsoKnownAs John of the Cross
linked to: San Juan de la Cruz
San Juan de la Cruz alsoKnownAs San Juan de la Cruz, OCD
linked to: San Juan de la Cruz
The Wound of Knowledge interprets John of the Cross
linked to: San Juan de la Cruz
Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel hasNotableSaint John of the Cross
linked to: San Juan de la Cruz
Carmelite nuns inspiredBy St. John of the Cross
linked to: San Juan de la Cruz
Edith Stein influencedBy John of the Cross
linked to: San Juan de la Cruz