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    John of Ávila (Spanish: Juan de Ávila; 6 January 1499– 10 May 1569) was a Spanish priest, preacher, scholastic author, and religious mystic, who has been...
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    as Ávila de los Caballeros, Ávila del Rey and Ávila de los Leales ("Ávila of the knights", "Ávila of the king", "Ávila of the loyal ones"), each of these...
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    Teresa of Ávila, OCD (Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda Dávila y Ahumada; 28 March 1515 – 4 or 15 October 1582), also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Carmelite...
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    John Avila is an American bassist and music producer, best known for being in the new wave band Oingo Boingo from 1984 to 1995. Avila co-founded the music...
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    of Ávila in 1581. He who appointed Teresa as prioress in Ávila in 1571, while also maintaining good relations with the Carmelite Prior Provincial of Castile...
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    Church of Saint John of Ávila (Spanish: Iglesia de San Juan de Ávila) is a Roman Catholic parish church located in a modern neighbourhood of Alcalá de...
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    and Lawrence of Brindisi left many homilies. Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Ávila, John of the Cross and Therese of Lisieux wrote works of mystical theology...
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  • John of Ávila (1500–1569), Spanish Jewish converso priest, missionary and mystic John Payne (martyr) (1532–1582), English priest and martyr (one of the Forty...
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    Celebrations of Saint Gregory of Narek, Abbot and Doctor of the Church, Saint John De Avila, Priest and Doctor of the Church and Saint Hildegard of Bingen,...
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    after Teresa of Ávila. In 1999 Pope John Paul II proclaimed her a Patron Saint of Europe. Catherine of Siena is one of the outstanding figures of medieval...
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    on Saint Sebastian's Day (January 20) of 1537, while listening to a sermon by John of Ávila, a leading preacher of the day who was later to become his spiritual...
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    about mystics such as Macarius of Egypt, Ephrem the Syrian, Madame Guyon, François Fénelon, Ignatius of Loyola, John of Ávila, Francis de Sales, Blaise Pascal...
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    from the menace of the predator. On 29 November 1979, Pope John Paul II declared Francis the patron saint of ecology. On 28 March 1982, John Paul II said...
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  • development, as described by the 16th-century Spanish mystic and poet St. John of the Cross in his treatise Dark Night (Noche Oscura), a commentary on his...
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    were still part of a live body; a further claim being made that this was a sign of his gift of preaching. On 1 January 1981, Pope John Paul II authorized...
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  • May 10 (redirect from 10th of May)
    Calepodius Catald Comgall Damien of Molokai Gordianus and Epimachus Job (Roman Catholic Church, pre-1969 calendar) John of Ávila May 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)...
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    special regard as one of the Three Holy Hierarchs (alongside Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus). The feast days of John Chrysostom in the Eastern...
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    Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints. Huntington: Our Sunday Visitor. Calvin, John (1960). McNeill, John T. (ed.). Institutes of the Christian Religion....
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    John of Damascus (Arabic: يوحنا الدمشقي, romanized: Yūḥana ad-Dimashqī; Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Δαμασκηνός, romanized: Ioánnēs ho Damaskēnós, IPA: [ioˈanis o...
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    epistles (7): James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude Prophetic book (1): Apocalypse of John The term "Catholic Bible" also refers to a...
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  • Dictionary of Eastern Christianity. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing. p. 230. ISBN 0-631-23203-6. Wortley, John (2012). The Book of the Elders – sayings of the...
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    Erasmus (redirect from Erasmus of Rotterdam)
    Doctors of the Church (Ignatius, Theresa of Ávila, John of Ávila, Canisius, de Sales), the positive normalization of his views in influential new orders such...
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    account of her illness. They were canonized on 21 October 2012. On 7 October 2012, Benedict named Hildegard of Bingen and John of Ávila as Doctors of the...
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    1960, when "it will appear clearer". The text of the third secret was officially released by Pope John Paul II in 2000. Some claim that it was not the...
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    Teresa of Ávila, Catherine of Siena and Hildegard of Bingen. Devotion to Therese has developed around the world. According to some biographies of Édith...
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    Catholic calendar of saints and on 6 July in that of the Church of England. John Fisher was born at Beverley, Yorkshire in 1469, the son of Robert Fisher...
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    Scotus Eriugena, Nicholas of Cusa, and John of the Cross. Prior to this, the theme of The Cloud had appeared in the Confessions of St. Augustine (IX, 10)...
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    Secret of Mary Founder Statue in St Peter's Basilica Pope John Paul II (21 June 1997). "Letter of Pope John Paul II to Mark the 50th Anniversary Of The Canonization...
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    of 19 May 1404 that 12 pennies be given to "Julian, anchoress of the church of St Julian, Conisford" and 8 pennies to "Sarah, living with her". John Plumpton...
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    Journey: The Autobiography of Ignatius of Loyola pp. 11–12. Loyola, (St.) Ignatius (1992). John Olin (ed.). The Autobiography of St. Ignatius Loyola, with...
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