Baquet's Guide to the World's Classics: Saint

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John of the Cross, Spanish Saint and Mystic
(1542-1591)

by Zurbarán

Just the Facts:

Name: Juan de Yepes y Álvarez
Known as: San Juan de la Cruz, Saint John of the Cross
Birth: June 24, 1542, Fontiveros, Spain
Death: December 14, 1591, Úbeda, Spain
Language: Spanish
Who he was: Spanish saint and mystic; Subida del Monte Carmelo (Ascent of Mount Carmel); La Noche Oscura del Alma (The Dark Night of the Soul); Cántico Espiritual (The Spiritual Canticle)
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Francis de Sales, French Bishop
(1567-1622)

Just the Facts:

Name: Francis de Sales
Birth: August 21, 1567, Château de Sales, Thorens-Glières, France
Death: December 28, 1622, Lyon, France
Language: French
Who he was: French Bishop (of Geneva) and saint; An Introduction to the Devout Life; The Treatise on the Love of God

Catherine of Siena, Italian Philosopher and Saint
(1347-1380)

Just the Facts:

Name: Caterina di Giacomo di Benincasa
Known as: "Saint" Catherine of Siena
Birth: March 25, 1347, Siena, Italy
Death: April 29, 1380, Rome, Italy
Language: Italian, Latin (?)
Who she was: Italian philosopher, theologian, and saint; The Dialogue of Divine Providence; letters

Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish Religious Founder
(1491-1556)

Just the Facts:

Name: Ignacio de Loyola
Known as: Ignatius of Loyola
Birth: October 23, 1491, Azpeitia, Spain
Death: July 31, 1556, Rome, Italy
Language: Spanish; Latin
Who he was: Spanish theologian and religious founder; Autobiography; Spiritual Exercises

Thomas Aquinas, Italian Theologian
(1225-1274)

by Carlo Crivelli

Just the Facts:

Name: Tommaso d'Aquino (Thomas of Aquino)
Known as: (Saint) Thomas Aquinas
Birth: Unknown Date, 1225, Roccasecca, Italy
Death: March 7, 1274, Fossanova Abbey, Priverno,
Language: Latin
Who he was: Italian cleric, theologian, and saint; Summa Theologiae (Summary [or perhaps "Epitome"] of Theology); Summa Contra Gentiles (Against the Unbelievers)
Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (+10YP)

Bonaventure, Italian Franciscan Monk
(1221-1274)

by Claude François (called "Frère Luc")

Just the Facts:

Name: Giovanni di Fidanza
Known as: San Bonaventura; (Saint) Bonaventure
Birth: Unknown Date, 1221, Bagnoregio, Italy
Death: July 15, 1274, Lyon, France
Language: Latin, Italian
Who he was: Italian Franciscan theologian and philosopher; Life of St. Francis; commentaries and works on spiritual direction

Dominic, Spanish Religious Founder
(1170-1221)

by Fra Angelico

Just the Facts:

Name: Dominic
Also known as: Santo Domingo (Saint Dominic); Dominic of Osma; Dominic of Caleruega; Dominic de Guzmán
Birth: August 8, 1170, Caleruega, Kingdom of Castile
Death: August 6, 1221, Bologna, Italy
Language: Latin, Spanish
Who he was: Spanish saint and religious founder; traditional founder of the practice of the Rosary. "The Nine Ways of Prayer of St. Dominic" are by another author; Dominic may have written the Constitutions of the Dominicans, and three letters.

Bernard of Clairvaux, French Abbot
(1090-1153)

Just the Facts:

Name: Bernard of Clairvaux
Birth: Unknown Date, 1090, Fontaine-lès-Dijon, France
Death: August 20, 1153, Clairvaux Abbey
Language: Latin, French
Who he was: French abbot and saint; Apologia ad Guillelmum (Apology to William of Saint-Thierry) on religious art; Liber ad milites templi de laude novae militiae (Book to the Knights of the Temple, in Praise of the New Knighthood); sermons

Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint and Mystic
(1515-1582)

by Peter Paul Rubens

Just the Facts:

Name: Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada
Known as: Teresa of Avila
Birth: March 28, 1515, Gotarrendura, Spain
Death: October 4, 1582, Alba de Tormes, Spain
Language: Spanish
Who she was: Spanish saint and mystic who wrote her Autobiography; El Camino de Perfeccion (The Way of Perfection); El Castillo Interior (The Interior Castle)

John of Damascus, Syrian Monk and Theologian
(c. 675/676-749)

Just the Facts:

Name: John of Damascus
Known as: Saint John Damascene
Birth: Unknown Date, 676, Damascus, Syria
Death: December 4, 749, Mar Saba Monastery, West Bank
Languages: Arabic (?), Aramaic (?), Greek (?)
Who he was: Syrian monk and theologian who wrote On Holy Images; Three Sermons on the Assumption

Gregory the Great, Pope
(c. 540-604)

Pope Gregory dictates Gregorian chant to a scribe

Just the Facts:

Name: Gregory the Great
Known as: Saint Gregory the Great, Pope Gregory I
Birth: Unknown Date, c. 540, Rome, Italy
Death: March 12, 604, Rome, Italy
Language: Latin
Who he was: Roman Church Father and Pope; enacted liturgical reforms, and is credited with "Gregorian" chant

Isidore of Seville, Spanish Archbishop
(c. 560-636)

Just the Facts:

Name: Isidore of Seville
Birth: Unknown Date, 560, Cartagena, Spain
Death: April 4, 636, Seville, Spain
Languages: Vulgar Latin (?), Latin, Greek, Hebrew
Who he was: Hispano-Roman Archbishop and the "last of the Church Fathers"; Etymologiae (The Etymologies); De fide catholica contra Iudaeos (On the Catholic faith against the Jews); Historia de regibus Gothorum, Vandalorum et Suevorum (History of the Kings of the Goths, Vandals and Suevi)

Therese of Lisieux, French Nun and Mystic
(1873-1897)

Just the Facts:

Name: Thérèse Martin
Known as: Therese of Lisieux; "The Little Flower of Jesus"
Birth: January 2, 1873, Alençon, France
Death: September 30, 1897, Lisieux, France
Language: French
Who she was: French nun and mystic who wrote the poetic masterpiece "To Live by Love"; also L'Histoire d'une Âme (The Story of a Soul); Last Conversations; poetry, prayers, and religious plays

Benedict of Nursia, Italian Monastic Founder
(c. 480-543/547)

by Fra Angelico

Just the Facts:

Name: Benedict of Nursia
Birth: c. 480, Norcia (Umbria, Italy)
Death: March 21, 543, Monte Cassino, Italy
Language: Latin
Who he was: Italian saint and religious founder known for The Rule of St. Benedict

Cyril of Alexandria, Church Father
(c. 378-444)

Just the Facts:

Name: Cyril of Alexandria
Birth: Unknown Date, 378, Alexandria, Egypt
Death: June 27, 444, Alexandria, Egypt
Language: Greek
Who he was: Greek Patriarch (of Alexandria) and Church Father known for Commentaries on the Old Testament, and On St. John's Gospel; Dialogues on the Trinity; numerous Christological works

Sayings of the Desert Fathers
(late 4th century CE)

Fresco of the Desert Fathers in a monastery near their former dwellings

Just the Facts:

Name: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
Known as: Apophthegmata Patrum
Date: late 4th century CE
Place: Egypt
Language: Greek (originally Coptic)
What it is: Middle Eastern collection of stories about the first Christian monks of Egypt

Anthony the Great
(251-256)

by Piero di Cosimo

Just the Facts:

Name: Anthony the Great
Also known as: Anthony of Egypt
Birth: Unknown Date, 251, Heracleopolis Magna, Egypt
Death: January 17, 356, Egypt
Language: Coptic
Who he was: Coptic-speaking Egyptian hermit and Church Father known for his Letters

Gregory of Nazianzus, Church Father
(c. 329-390)

Just the Facts:

Name: Gregory of Nazianzus
Birth: Unknown Date, 329, Nazianzus, Turkey
Death: January 25, 390, Nazianzus, Turkey
Language: Greek
Who he was: Greek Archbishop (of Constantinople) and Church Father; friend of the brothers Gregory of Nyssa and Basil the Great; together the three are called the "Cappadocian Fathers"; theological works and poems

Gregory of Nyssa, Church Father
(335-394)

Just the Facts:

Name: Gregory of Nyssa
Birth: 335, Niksar, Turkey
Death: 394, Nyssa, Turkey
Language: Greek
Who he was: Greek-speaking Cappadocian theologian and Church Father; younger brother of Basil the Great, and friend of Gregory of Nazianzus; together the three are called the "Cappadocian Fathers"; sermons, homilies, letters; Life of Moses

Basil the Great, Church Father
(c. 329-379)

Just the Facts:

Name: Basil the Great, Church Father (329/330-379)
Birth: Unknown Date, 330, Kayseri, Turkey
Death: January 1, 379, Kayseri, Turkey
Language: Greek
Who he was: Greek Bishop (of Caesarea) and Church Father; elder brother of Gregory of Nyssa, and friend of Gregory of Nazianzus; together the three are called the "Cappadocian Fathers"; On the Holy Spirit; Refutation of the Apology of the Impious Eunomius

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