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ST JOHN OF THE CROSS (1542-1591)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 448 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN OF THE See also:CROSS (1542-1591)  , See also:Spanish mystic, was See also:born at Ontiveros (Old See also:Castile) on the 24th of See also:June 1542 . He became a professed' Carmelite in 1564, and was ordained See also:priest at See also:Salamanca in 1567 . He met with much opposition in his efforts to introduce the reforms proposed by St See also:Theresa, and was more than once imprisoned . His real name was Juan de Yepez y See also:Alvarez; in See also:religion he was known as Juan de See also:San Matias till 1568, when he adopted the name of Juan de la Cruz . Broken by persecution, he was sent to the monastery of Ubeda, where he died in 1591; his Obras espiriluales were published posthumously in 1618 . He was beatified in 1674 and canonized on the 27th of See also:December 1726 . The lofty symbolism of his See also:prose is frequently obscure, but his lyrical verses are distinguished for their rapturous See also:ecstasy and beauty of expression . Some of his poems have been translated with See also:great success by See also:Arthur See also:Symons in Images of See also:Good and Evil; the most convenient edition of his See also:works, which have been frequently reprinted, is that contained in vol. xvi. of the Biblioteca de autores espanoles .

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