List of Christian mystics

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Not everyone listed here is Christian or a mystic, but all have contributed to the Christian understanding of connection to or direct experience of God.

Contents 1 1st Century 2 2nd Century 3 3rd Century 4 4th Century 5 5th Century 6 6th Century 7 7th Century 8 8th Century 9 9th Century 10 10th Century 11 11th Century 12 12th Century 13 13th Century 14 14th Century 15 15th Century 16 16th Century 17 17th Century 18 18th Century 19 19th Century 20 20th Century 21 Undated 22 See also 23 Sources, References

[edit] 1st Century

• John the Baptist (d.c. 30)
• Jesus of Nazareth (c.0-33?)
• Paul of Tarsus (d.c.65)
• John the Apostle (d.c. 100)
• Ammonius of Athen (1st c)

[edit] 2nd Century

• Clement of Alexandria (c.150-215)
• Origen (c.185-253)
• Basilides (2nd c)
• Valentinus (2nd c)
• Heracleon (2nd c)
• Numenius of Apamea (2nd c)

[edit] 3rd Century

• Plotinus (204-70)
• Mani (210-276)
• Iamblichus (d.c.330)
• The Hymn of the Pearl(c.3rd c)

[edit] 4th Century

• Macarius of Egypt(c.300-90)
• Ephraem of Syria (c.306-73)
• Basil the Great (c.329-79), aka Basil of Caesarea
• Priscillian of Ávila (d. 385)
• Gregory of Nazianzus (329-389)
• John of Lycopolis (d.c.394)
• Gregory of Nyssa (c.340-94)
• Evagrius Ponticus (346-99)
• Augustine of Hippo (354-430)
• John Cassian (c.360-434)

[edit] 5th Century

[edit] 6th Century

• Book of the Holy Hierotheos (c.500)
• Gregory I "The Great" (c.540-604)
• John Climacus (579-649)
• Maximus the Confessor (c.580-662)
• Dionysius the Areopagite (5th-6th c), aka Pseudo-Dionysius, aka St. Denys
• Julianus pomerius (6th c)

[edit] 7th Century

• Isaac of Nineveh (7th c)

[edit] 8th Century

• Adalbert (8th c)

[edit] 9th Century

• John Scotus Erigena (c.810-77);
• Liutberga of Wendhausen (d.860?);
• Ratherius of Verona (890-974);
• Smaragdus (9th c);

[edit] 10th Century

• Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022) aka Symeon of Studion;
• William of Volpiano (962-1031)
• Bogomils (c. 950-14th c)

[edit] 11th Century

• Gundolfo (teaching in 1024);
• Bruno of Cologne (c.1032-1101);
• Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109);
• William of St. Thierry (c.1085-1148);
• Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153);
• Hugh of St. Victor (c.1096-1141), aka Hugh the Saxon
• Henry of Lausanne (d.c. 1148), aka Henry the Monk
• Christina of Markyate (1097-1161)
• Hildegarde von Bingen (1098-1179);
• Cathars (11th to 14th century);

[edit] 12th Century

• Aelred or Ailred of Rievaulx (1109-67);
• Richard of St. Victor (1123-75);
• Elizabeth of Schonau (1129-64);
• Joachim of Fiore (c.1131-1202);
• Hadewijch of Antwerp (c.1150-1200);
• Amaury (d.c.1206);
• David of Dinant (d.c.1210);
• Marie of Oignes (d.1213);
• Christine of St. Trond "The Admirable" (d.1224);
• Edmund Rich (c.1180-1240);
• Francis of Assisi (1182-1226);
• Yvette of Huy (d.1228);
• Ida of Nivelles (d.c.1231);
• Clare of Assisi (1194-12530;
• Anthony of Padua (1195-1231);
• Margaret of Ypres (d.1237);
• Lutgarde of Aywieres (d.1246);
• Alice of Schaarbeek (d.1250);
• Adam of St. Victor (12th c);
• Peter the Lombard (of St. Victor) (12th c?)
• Peter of Bruys (12th c)
• Thierry of Chartes (12th c)
• Peter Waldo (12th c)
• Waldensians (12th c)
• Beguines (12th c)
• Beghards (12th c)

[edit] 13th Century

• Brethren of the Free Spirit (c.1200)
• Amalric of Bena (died c. 1204-1207), aka Amaury de Bène or Amaury de Chartres; aka Almaricus, Amalricus, Amauricus;
• Juliana of Cornillon (d.1258);
• Ida of Leeuw (d.1260);
• Eve of St. Martin (d.1265);
• Beatrice of Nazareth (d.1268);
• David of Augsburg (c.1200-72);
• Albertus Magnus (1200-80)
• Mechtild of Magdeburg (1210-95);
• Douceline of Provence (1214-74);
• Bonaventure (1217-74);
• Thomas Aquinas (c.1225-74);
• Jacopone da Todi (c.1230-1306);
• Ramon Lull (c.1232-1315);
• Mechtilde of Hackeborn (1241-99);
• Ida of Louvain (d.1300)
• Christina von Stommelin (1242-1312)
• Angela of Foligno (1248-1309);
• Gertrude the Great (1256-1302), aka Gertrude of Helfta;
• Marguerite Porete (d.1310), aka Marguerite d'Oingt;
• Christine of Stommeln (d.1312);
• Elizabeth of Spalbeek (d.1316);
• Meister Eckhart (1260-1329);
• Richard Rolle (c. 1290-1349)
• Margaretha Ebner (1291-1351);
• Gertrude of Oosten (d.1358);
• John of Ruysbroeck (1293-1381);
• Gregory Palamas (c.1296-1359);
• Henry Suso (c.1296-1366);
• Dorothea of Prussia (13th c);
• The Ancrene Rule (13th c);

[edit] 14th Century

• Richard Rolle (c.1300-49);
• Johannes Tauler (c.1300-61)
• Henry Suso (c.1300-1366)
• Bridget of Sweden (1303-73);
• Rulman Merswin (c.1307-82)
• Nicholas of Basel (1308-1397)
• Geert Groote (1340-84)
• Walter Hilton (d.1396);
• Julian of Norwich (1343-1416);
• Author of The Cloud of Unknowing(c.1345-1386);
• Catherine of Sienna (c.1347-80);
• Book of the Nine Rocks (c.1351);
• Hendrik Mande (c.1360-1431);
• Jean le Charlier de Gerson (1363-1429);
• Margery Kempe (1373-1440);
• Gerlac Peterson (1378-1411);
• Lydwine of Schiedam (1380-1432);
• Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471)
• Nicholas Cabasilas (14th c);
• Christina Ebner (14th c);
• Nicholas of Basle (14th c);
• Henry of Norlingen (14th c)
• Friends of God (14th c)
• Theologia Germanica (late 14th c);

[edit] 15th Century

• Nicholas of Cusa (1401-64);
• Denys of Rykel (1402-71), aka Denis the Carthusian;
• Alain de la Roche (1428-75);
• Columba Rieti (c.1430-1501);
• Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510);
• Osanna Andreasi of Mantua (1449-1505);
• Richard Methley (b.1451);
• Garcia de Cisneros (c.1456-1510)
• La Beata de Piedrahita (d. 1511)
• Bernardio de Laredo (1482-1540);
• Balthasar Hubmaier (c.1485-1528);
• Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556);
• Thomas Munzer (c.1490-1525);
• Paracelsus (1493-1541)
• Hans Denck (c.1495-1527);
• Nicholas Storch (d.1530);
• Francisco de Osuna (d.c.1540);
• Battista Vernazza (1497-1587);
• Sebastian Franck (1499-1542);
• Peter of Alcantara (1499-1562);
• Lucia of Narni (15th c);
• John Norton (15th c)
• Hans Böhm, Drummer of Niklashausen (15th c)

[edit] 16th Century

• Juan of Avila (1500-69);
• Alfonso de Orozco (1500-91);
• David Jorus (c.1501-56);
• Heinrich Nicklaes (c.1502-80);
• Luis de Granada (1504-88);
• Teresa of Avila (1515-82)aka Teresa of Jesus;
• Philip Neri (1515-95);
• Catherine de Ricci (1522-90);
• Diego de Estella (1524-78);
• Luis de Leon (1528-91);
• Juan de los Angeles (1536-1609);
• John of the Cross (1542-91);
• Giordano Bruno (1548-1600);
• Benet of Canfield (1562-1610);
• Thomas a Jesu (1564-1627);
• Maria Magdalena de'Pazzi (1566-1607);
• Madame Acarie (1566-1618);
• François de Sales (1567-1622);
• Joseph Hall (1574-1656);
• Jacob Boehme (1575-1624);
• Pierre de Berulle (1575-1629);
• Augustine Baker (1575-1641);
• Joseph Leclerc du Tremblay (1577-1638);
• Rose of Lima (1586-1617);
• Louis Lallemant (1587-1635);
• Charles de Condren (1588-1641);
• Angelique Arnauld (1591-1661);
• Nicholas Ferrar (1592-1637);
• George Herbert (1593-1633);
• Agnes Arnauld (1593-1671);
• Marie of the Incarnation (1599-1672);
• Louis de Blois (16th c);
• Los Alumbrados (16th c);
• Francisco de Osuna (16th c);
• Bernardino de Laredo (16th c);
• Bernabe de Palma (16th c);
• Isabel de la Cruz (16th c);
• Pedro de Alcaraz (16th c);

[edit] 17th Century

• Jean Joseph Surin (1600-65);
• John Eudes (1601-80);
• Maria de Agreda (1602-65) aka Maria of Jesus, aka Blue Nun
• Kimpa Vita (1684 – 1706), aka Dona Beatriz,
• Thomas Browne (1605-1682);
• Brother Lawrence (c.1605-91);
• Dame Gertrude More (1606-33);
• Jean-Jaques Olier (1608-57);
• John Reeve (1608-58);
• Dr. Pordage (1608-1698);
• Gerrard Winstanley (c.1609-55);
• Benjamin Whichcote (1609-83);
• Ludowicke Muggleton (1609-98);
• Richard Cranshaw (c.1612-49);
• Antoine Arnauld (1612-94);
• Jeremy Taylor (1613-67);
• Henry More (1614-87);
• Isaac Penington (1616-79);
• Antoinette Bourignon (1616-80);
• Ralph Cudworth (1617-88);
• John Smith (1618-52);
• Thomas Vaughan (1621-1666) aka Eugenius Philalethes;
• Henry Vaughan (1622-1695);
• Blaise Pascal (1623-62);
• Jane Leade (1623-1704);
• Angelus Silesius (1624-77)aka Johann Scheffler;
• George Fox (1624-91);
• Jaques-Benigne Bossuet (1627-1704);
• Miguel de Molinos (1628-1696);
• Sarah Wight (1632-?)
• Thomas Traherne (c.1636-74);
• Johann George Gichtel (1638-1710);
• Miguel de Molinos (c.1640-97);
• Francois La Combe (1643-1712);
• Pierre Poiret (1646-1719);
• Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-80);
• Madame Guyon (1648-1717) aka Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon;
• François Fénelon (1651-1715);
• Johannes Klepius (c.1673-1708);
• Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort (1673-1716);
• Jean Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751);
• William Law (1686-1761);
• Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772);
• Alphonsus Maria de'Ligouri (1696-1787);
• Gerhard Tersteegen (1697-1769);
• Collegiants (17th c)aka Dutch Remonstrants;
• Marguerite Acarie (17th c);
• Pierre Guerin (17th c);
• Joseph Salmon (17th c);
• Malaval (17th c);

[edit] 18th Century

• Sarah Pierrepont (1710-58);
• John Woolman (1720-72);
• Grigori Savvitch Skovoroda (1722-94);
• Tikhon of Zadonsk (1724-83);
• Jean Grou (1731-1803);
• Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin (1743-1803);
• Eckharthausen (1752-1803);
• William Blake (1757-1827);
• Seraphim of Sarov (1759-1833);
• William Wordsworth (1770-1850);
• Anna Catherine Emmerich (1774-1824)
• Madame Swetchine (1782-1857)
• Ann Lee (18th c);
• Dionysius Andreas Freher (18th c);

[edit] 19th Century

• Jakob Lorber (1800-1864)
• Henri Frederic Amiel (1821-81);
• Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1823-96);
• John of Kronstadt (1829-1908)
• Richard Jeffries (1848-87);
• Vladimir Soloviev (1853-1900);
• Lucie-Christine (1858-1916);
• Charles Eugene de Foucauld (1858-1916);
• Ambroise Gardeil (1859-1931);
• Juan Gonzalez Arintero (1860-1928);
• William Ralph Inge (1860-1954)
• Feliksa Kozlowska (1862-1921) aka Felicja Kozlowska, aka Sister Maria Franciszka
• Hilma af Klint (1862-1944)
• Rufus Jones (1863-1948);
• John Chapman (1865-1933)
• Max Heindel (1865-1919)
• Sergei Bulgakov (1870-1944);
• Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
• Nicolas Berdyaev (1874-1948);
• Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926)
• Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941)
• Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange (1877-1964);
• Gemma Galgani (1878-1903);
• Margaret Prescott Mantague (1878-1955)
• Corinne Heline (1882-1975)
• Padre Pio (1887-1968), aka Pio of Pietrelcina
• Theresa-Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942) aka Edith Stein
• Joel S. Goldsmith (1892-1964)
• Thomas R. Kelly (1893-1941)
• John Maximovitch (1896-1966)
• Archimandrite Sophrony (1896-?)
• Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897-1963)
• Theresa Neumann (1898-1962)
• Porfiry Ivanov (1898-1983)

[edit] 20th Century

• Adrienne von Speyr (1902-1967)
• Faustina Kowalska (1905–38)
• Daniil Andreev (1906–59)
• Kathleen Raine (b.1908)
• Katharine Tevelyan (b.1909)
• Flower A. Newhouse (1909–94)
• Simone Weil (1909–43)
• Thomas Merton (1915–68)
• Anthony de Mello (priest) (1931-1987)
• Brian Cleeve (1921–2003)
• Thomas Keating (b. 1923)
• Kathleen Fisher (20th c)
• Richard Foster (20th c)
• William Meninger (20th c)
• Mary K. Baxter (20th c)
• Vassula Ryden (b.1942)
• Zlatko Sudac (b. 1971)

[edit] Undated

• Hendrik Herp (?)
• Stylianos Atteshlis (?)

[edit] See also

• Christian mysticism
• Mysticism
• German mysticism
• List of spirituality-related topics
• List of people burned as heretics
• Heresy
• English Dissenters

[edit] Sources, References

• John Ferguson; Encyclopedia of Mysticism and Mystery Religions (Crossroad: New York, 1982)
• Rufus M. Jones; Sprititual Reformers in the 16th and 17th Centuries (Beacon Press: Boston, 1959)
• E.H. Broadbent; The Pilgrim Church (Pickering & Inglis, Bassingstoke, 1985)
• Paul Szarmach, editor; An Introduction to the Medieval Mystics of Europe (State University of New York Press: Albany, 1984)
• R.I. Moore; The Birth of Popular Heresy (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1975)
• Evelyn Underhill; Mystics of the Church (Morehouse-Barlow: Wilton CT, 1925)
• F.C. Hapgood; Mysticism, A Study and an Anthology (Penguin Books: Baltimore, 1963)