Juan de Yepes y Álvarez

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Juan de Yepes y Álvarez, better known as Saint John of the Cross, was a 16th-century Spanish mystic, poet, and Carmelite friar renowned for his profound writings on Christian mysticism and the reform of the Carmelite order.

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Juan de Yepes y Álvarez canonical 2

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

San Juan de la Cruz ⓘ
birthName Juan de Yepes y Álvarez ⓘ
canonizationStatus canonized saint ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 16th century ⓘ
collaboratedWith Teresa of Ávila ⓘ
countryOfBirth Crown of Castile ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile ⓘ
countryOfDeath Crown of Castile ⓘ
ethnicGroup Spaniard ⓘ
familyName de Yepes ⓘ
Álvarez ⓘ
fieldOfWork Christian mysticism ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ
spiritual theology ⓘ
givenName Juan ⓘ
influenced Carmelite spirituality ⓘ
Christian spirituality ⓘ
Spanish literature ⓘ
knownFor reform of the Carmelite Order ⓘ
writings on the dark night of the soul ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
memberOf Carmelite Order ⓘ
Discalced Carmelites ⓘ
movement Carmelite Reform ⓘ
Spanish mysticism ⓘ
notableWork Ascent of Mount Carmel ⓘ
Dark Night of the Soul ⓘ
Living Flame of Love ⓘ
Spiritual Canticle ⓘ
occupation friar ⓘ
mystic writer ⓘ
poet ⓘ
priest ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
placeOfBirth Fontiveros ⓘ
placeOfDeath Úbeda ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
title Doctor of the Church ⓘ
veneratedIn Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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San Juan de la Cruz → birthName → Juan de Yepes y Álvarez ⓘ
Juan de Yepes y Álvarez → birthName → Juan de Yepes y Álvarez ⓘ