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JOHN OF THE CROSS, ST (1542-1591) , Spanish mystic, was born
Salamanca in 1567. He met with much opposition in his efforts to introduce the reforms proposed by St Theresa
religion
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 December
prose
ecstasy and beauty of expression.Some of his poems have been translated with great
works
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