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Also Known As Saint Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain
Born 1748 • Náxos • Ottoman Empire
Died July 14, 1809 (aged 61) • Greece
Subjects Of Study Hesychasm • asceticism • canon law • mysticism • prayer
St. Gregory Palamas
Greek theologian
Saint John Climacus
Byzantine monk
Gregory of Sinai
Greek Orthodox monk
Evagrius Ponticus
Christian mystic
Rolle, detail from “Religious Poems,” early 15th century; in the British Library (Cotton Ms. Faustina B. VI)
Richard Rolle
British mystic
Diadochus Of Photice
theologian
Saint Symeon the New Theologian
Byzantine monk
St. John of Damascus
Christian saint
Callistus
patriarch of Constantinople
Nilus Cabasilas
Greek bishop
Nicholas Cabasilas
Greek theologian
St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish saint
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
French abbot
St. Bonaventure
Saint Bonaventure
Italian theologian
St. Basil, detail of a mosaic, 12th century; in the Palatine Chapel, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
St. Basil the Great
bishop of Caesarea
St. Teresa of Ávila
St. Teresa of Ávila
Spanish mystic
Lo Spagna: Saint Catherine of Siena
St. Catherine of Siena
Italian mystic
AE
AE
Irish poet
Heinrich Suso
German mystic
Augustine Baker
English monk