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JOHN OF THE CROSS, ST (1542-1591)

This article appears in Volume V15, Page 448 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: JEE-JUN
JOHN OF THE CROSS, ST (1542-1591) , Spanish mystic, was
born
  at Ontiveros (Old Castile) on the 24th of June 1542. He became a professed' Carmelite in 1564, and was ordained priest at
Salamanca
  in 1567. He met with much opposition in his efforts to introduce the reforms proposed by St
Theresa
 , and was more than once imprisoned. His real name was Juan de Yepez y Alvarez; in
religion
  he was known as Juan de 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
December
  1726. The lofty symbolism of his
prose
  is frequently obscure, but his lyrical verses are distinguished for their rapturous
ecstasy
  and beauty of expression.
Some of his poems have been translated with
great
  success by Arthur Symons in Images of Good and Evil; the most convenient edition of his
works
 , which have been frequently reprinted, is that contained in vol. xvi. of the Biblioteca de autores espanoles.


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