14th December - Saint John of the Cross - Independent Catholic News

14th December - Saint John of the Cross - Independent Catholic News



St John's writings are theologically substantial and he is regarded not only as a mystic but as a supreme Doctor of Mystical Theology. He was beatified in 1675 and canonised in 1726. 200 years later he was declared a Doctor of the Church.

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