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Also Known As Svyatoy Serafim Sarovsky • Prokhor Moshnin
Born July 19, 1759 • Kursk • Russia
Died January 2, 1833 (aged 73) • Tambov • Russia
Subjects Of Study asceticism • meditation • mysticism

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Mircea Eliade
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Simone Weil.
Simone Weil
French philosopher
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Indian spiritual leader
Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1929.
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang
archbishop of Canterbury
Diadochus Of Photice
theologian
Augustine Baker
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Matthäus Schiner
Swiss diplomat
John Owen, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Owen
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Johann von Staupitz
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Theoleptus Of Philadelphia
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Jacques Davy Duperron
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Rolle, detail from “Religious Poems,” early 15th century; in the British Library (Cotton Ms. Faustina B. VI)
Richard Rolle
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Konrad von Marburg
German inquisitor
Thomas Goodwin
English minister
Isaac-Louis Le Maistre de Sacy
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