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 and/or direct experience of God.
[edit] 1st Century
- Paul the Apostle (? –c. 66);
- John the Baptist;
- John the Apostle (? –c.100);
- Peter the Apostle;
[edit] 2nd Century
- Marcion of Sinope (c.110-160);
- Clement of Alexandria (c.150-216);
- Origen (c.185-253);
- Basilides (2nd c);
- Valentinus (c.100–c.160);
- Heracleon (2nd c);
- Hermas (freedman) (2nd c);
- John of Patmos (2nd c);
- Numenius of Apamea (2nd c);
[edit] 3rd Century
- Mani (210-276);
- Athanasius of Alexandria (c.293–373);
- Iamblichus (d.c.330);
[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;
- Augustine of Hippo (c.354–430);
- Priscillian of Ávila (d. 385);
- Gregory of Nazianzus (329-389);
- Evagrius Ponticus (345–399);
- John Chrysostom (c.347–407);
- John of Lycopolis (d.c.394);
- Gregory of Nyssa (c.340-94);
- Evagrius Ponticus (346-99);
- John Cassian (c.360-434);
[edit] 5th Century
[edit] 6th Century
- Gregory I "The Great" (c.540-604);
- John Climacus (525–606);
- Maximus the Confessor (c.580-662);
- Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (5th-6th c), aka Pseudo-Dionysius, aka St. Denys;
- Julianus pomerius (6th c);
[edit] 7th Century
- Isaac of Nineveh (7th c);
- Anastasius Sinaita (7th c);
[edit] 8th Century
- Adalbert (8th c);
[edit] 9th Century
- Johannes Scotus Eriugena (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);
- Gregory of Narek (951-1003);
- Bogomils (c. 950-14th c);
- Wiborada (d. 926);
[edit] 11th Century
- Gundolfo (teaching in 1024);
- Bruno of Cologne (c.1032-1101);
- Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109);
- Hugh of St Victor (c.1078-1141), aka Hugh the Saxon
- William of St. Thierry (c.1085-1148);
- Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153);
- Henry of Lausanne (d.c. 1148), aka Henry the Monk
- Christina of Markyate (1097-1161)
- Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179);
- Cathars (11th to 14th century);
[edit] 12th Century
- Peter Lombard (c.1100-1160);
- Aelred or Ailred of Rievaulx (1110-1167);
- Peter of Bruys (1117–c.1131);
- Alain de Lille (c. 1128-1202);
- Elizabeth of Schonau (1129-1164);
- Joachim of Fiore (c.1131-1202);
- Peter Waldo (c.1140-1218);
- Adam of St. Victor (d.1146);
- Thierry of Chartres (d.c.1150);
- Hadewijch of Antwerp (c.1150-1200);
- Christina the Astonishing (1150–1224);
- Yvette of Huy (1158-1228);
- David of Dinant (c.1160-1217);
- Richard of St. Victor (d. 1173);
- Waldensians (c.1177-1532);
- Edmund Rich (c.1180-1240);
- Francis of Assisi (1181-1226);
- Lutgardis (1182–1246);
- Clare of Assisi (1194-1253);
- Anthony of Padua (1195-1231);
- Amaury de Montfort (1195-1241);
- Ida of Nivelles (c.1199-1231);
- Marie of Oignies (d.1213);
- Alice of Schaerbeek (d.1250);
[edit] 13th Century
- Thomas Gallus (c.1200-1246);
- David of Augsburg (c.1200-1272);
- Albertus Magnus (1200-1280);
- 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;
- Mechthild of Magdeburg (1210-1285 or 1295);
- Douceline of Provence (1214-1274);
- Margaret of Ypres (1216-1237);
- Bonaventure of Bagnoregio (1221-1274);
- Thomas Aquinas (c.1225-1274);
- Jacopone da Todi (c.1230-1306);
- Ramon Lull (c.1232-1315);
- Marguerite d'Oingt (of Mionnay) (c.1240-1306/1310);
- Mechtilde of Hackeborn (1241-1299);
- Christina von Stommeln (1242-1312);
- Angela of Foligno (1248–1309);
- Gertrude the Great (1256-1302), aka Gertrude of Helfta;
- Juliana of Cornillon (d.1258);
- Ida of Leeuw (d.1260);
- Meister Eckhart (1260-1328);
- Eve of St. Martin (d.1265);
- Beatrice of Nazareth (d.1268);
- Christina Ebner (1277-1355);
- Richard Rolle (c. 1290-1349);
- Margareta Ebner (1291-1351);
- John of Ruysbroeck (1293-1381);
- Gregory Palamas (c.1296-1359);
- Henry Suso (c.1296-1366);
- Ida of Louvain (d.1300);
- Marguerite Porete (of Hainaut) (d.1310) ;
- Christine of Stommeln (d.1312);
- Elizabeth of Spalbeek (d.1316);
- Gertrude of Oosten (d.1358);
- Dorothea of Prussia (13th c);
- The Ancrene Rule (13th c);
- Beguines and Beghards (13th c);
[edit] 14th Century
- Richard Rolle (c.1300-49);
- Johannes Tauler (c.1300-1361);
- Henry Suso (c.1300-1366);
- Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373);
- Rulman Merswin (c.1307-82);
- Nicholas of Basel (1308-1397);
- William Langland (c. 1330-1400);
- Geert Groote (1340-84);
- Walter Hilton (d.1396);
- Julian of Norwich (1342-1416);
- Author of The Cloud of Unknowing(c.1345-1386);
- Catherine of Siena (1347-1380);
- Book of the Nine Rocks (c.1351);
- Hendrik Mande (c.1360-1431);
- Jean le Charlier de Gerson (1363-1429);
- Gerard Zerbolt of Zutphen (1367-1398);
- Margery Kempe (1373-1438);
- Gerlac Peterson (1378-1411);
- Lydwine of Schiedam (1380-1432);
- Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471);
- Nicholas Cabasilas (14th c);
- Nicholas of Strasburg (14th c);
- Henry of Norlingen (14th c);
- Friends of God (14th c);
- Theologia Germanica (late 14th c);
[edit] 15th Century
- Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464);
- Denys of Rykel (1402-1471), aka Denis the Carthusian;
- Hendrik Herp (c. 1410-1477)
- Joan of Arc (1412-1431);
- Alain de la Roche (1428-1475);
- 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);
- Hans Böhm (d.1476);
- Balthasar Hubmaier (c. 1480–1528);
- Bernardio de Laredo (1482-1540);
- Martin Luther (1483–1546);
- La Beata de Piedrahita (c.1485—1524);
- Balthasar Hubmaier (c.1485-1528);
- Andreas Karlstadt (1486-1541);
- Catherine of Racconigi (1487–1574);
- Thomas Müntzer (c. 1488–1525);
- Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556);
- Thomas Munzer (c.1490-1525);
- George Blaurock (c. 1491–1529);
- Paracelsus (1493-1541);
- Osanna of Cattaro (1493-1565);
- Hans Denck (c.1495-1527);
- Menno Simons (1496-1561);
- Battista Vernazza (1497-1587);
- Conrad Grebel (c. 1498-1526);
- Felix Manz (c. 1498–1527);
- Sebastian Franck (1499-1542);
- Peter of Alcantara (1499-1562);
- Nicholas Storch (d. 1525);
- Francisco de Osuna (d.c.1540);
- Lucia of Narni (15th c);
- John Norton (15th c);
[edit] 16th Century
- Juan of Avila (1500-1569);
- Alfonso de Orozco (1500-1591);
- David Jorus (c.1501-1556);
- Hendrik Niclaes (c.1501-1580);
- Luis de Granada (1504-1588);
- Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582) aka Teresa of Jesus;
- Philip Neri (1515-1595);
- Catherine de Ricci (1522-1590);
- Diego de Estella (1524-1578);
- Luis de Leon (1528-1591);
- Juan de los Angeles (1536-1609);
- John of the Cross (1542-1591);
- Martin Moller (1547-1606);
- 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);
- Jakob Böhme (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);
- María de Agreda (1602-1665) aka Maria of Jesus, aka Blue Nun;
- Thomas Browne (1605-1682);
- Dame Gertrude More (1606-33);
- John Pordage (1607-1681);
- Jean-Jaques Olier (1608-1657);
- John Reeve (1608-1658);
- Thomas Totney (1608-1659);
- Gerrard Winstanley (c.1609-55);
- Benjamin Whichcote (1609-83);
- Ludowicke Muggleton (1609-98);
- Brother Lawrence (c. 1610-1691);
- 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 (1623-1662);
- Jane Leade (1624-1704);
- Angelus Silesius (1624-77)aka Johann Scheffler;
- George Fox (1624-1691);
- Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (1627-1704);
- Miguel de Molinos (1628-1697);
- Thomas Bromley (1629-1691);
- Sarah Wight (1632-?);
- Philipp Jakob Spener (1635-1705);
- Thomas Traherne (c.1636-74);
- Johann George Gichtel (1638-1710);
- Francois La Combe (1643-1712);
- Johann Jacob Zimmermann (1644–1693);
- Jakob Ammann (c.1644-1730);
- Pierre Poiret (1646-1719);
- Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-80);
- Madame Guyon (1648-1717) aka Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon;
- Johann Wilhelm Petersen (1649-1727);
- François Fénelon (1651-1715);
- Georg von Welling (1652-1727);
- Gottfried Arnold (1666-1714);
- Johannes Kelpius (1673-1708);
- Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort (1673-1716);
- Jean Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751);
- Kimpa Vita (1684 – 1706), aka Dona Beatriz;
- John Heylyn (1685-1759);
- William Law (1686-1761);
- Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772);
- Christoph Schütz (1689-1750);
- Conrad Beissel (1691-1768);
- Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (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 (1720-1772);
- Hryhori Skovoroda (1722-94);
- Tikhon of Zadonsk (1724-83);
- Jean Grou (1731-1803);
- Ann Lee (1736-1784);
- Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin (1743-1803);
- Eckharthausen (1752-1803);
- William Blake (1757-1827);
- George Rapp (1757-1847);
- Seraphim of Sarov (1759-1833);
- William Wordsworth (1770-1850);
- Anna Catherine Emmerich (1774-1824);
- Madame Swetchine (1782-1857);
- Justinus Kerner (1786-1862);
- Bernhard Müller (c.1799-1834);
- Dionysius Andreas Freher (18th c);
[edit] 19th Century
- Jakob Lorber (1800-1864);
- Friederike Hauffe (1801-1829)
- Brigham Young (1801-1877);
- Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (1802-1866);
- Joseph Smith, Jr. (1805-1844);
- William Keil (1812-1877);
- James Strang (1813-1856);
- Henri Frederic Amiel (1821-81);
- Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1823-96);
- John of Kronstadt (1829-1908);
- Bernadette Soubirous (1844-1879);
- Richard Jeffries (1848-87);
- Johann Scheible (1849?);
- Charles Taze Russell (1852-1916);
- Vladimir Solovyov (1853-1900);
- Lilias Trotter (1853-1928);
- Lucie-Christine (1858-1916);
- Charles Eugene de Foucauld (1858-1916);
- Ambroise Gardeil (1859-1931);
- Juan Gonzalez Arintero (1860-1928);
- William Ralph Inge (1860-1954);
- Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925);
- Feliksa Kozlowska (1862-1921) aka Felicja Kozlowska, aka Sister Maria Franciszka ;
- Hilma af Klint (1862-1944);
- Rufus Jones (1863-1948);
- Peter Deunov (1864-1944);
- Max Heindel (1865-1919);
- John Chapman (1865-1933);
- Silouan the Athonite (1866-1938);
- Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869—1942);
- Sergei Bulgakov (1871-1944);
- Thérèse de Lisieux (1873-1897);
- Nikolai Berdyaev (1874-1948);
- Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels (1874-1954)
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926);
- Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941);
- Pope Pius XII (1876–1958);
- Antonin Gadal (1877–1962);
- Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange (1877-1964);
- Gemma Galgani (1878-1903);
- Margaret Prescott Mantague (1878-1955);
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955);
- Pavel Florensky (1882-1937);
- Corinne Heline (1882-1975);
- Walter C. Lanyon (1887-1967);
- Padre Pio (1887-1968), aka Pio of Pietrelcina;
- T. S. Eliot (1888-1965);
- Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889–1929);
- Theresa-Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942) aka Edith Stein;
- Joel S. Goldsmith (1892-1964);
- Thomas R. Kelly (1893-1941);
- John Maximovitch (1896-1966);
- Jan van Rijckenborgh (1896-1968);
- Archimandrite Sophrony (1896-1993);
- Maria Valtorta (1897–1961);
- Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897-1963);
- Therese Neumann (1898-1962);
- C.S. Lewis (1898-1963);
- Porfiry Ivanov (1898-1983);
[edit] 20th Century
- Jan Tyranowski (1900-1947);
- Sampson Sievers (1900-1979);
- Caryll Houselander (1901-1954);
- Adrienne von Speyr (1902-1967);
- Catharose de Petri (1902-1990);
- Watchman Nee (1903-1972);
- Mary Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938);
- Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961);
- Daniil Andreyev (1906–1959);
- Bede Griffiths (1906-1993);
- Eugenia Elisabetta Ravasio (1907-1990);
- Kathleen Raine (1908-2003);
- Katharine Trevelyan (1909-?)
- Flower A. Newhouse (1909–1994);
- Simone Weil (1909–1943);
- Nikolay Guryanov (1909-2002);
- Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997);
- Stylianos Atteshlis (1912-1995);
- Thomas Merton (1915–1968);
- Vernon Howard (1918-1992);
- Cyril Pavlov (1919-);
- Brian Cleeve (1921–2003);
- Thomas Keating (b. 1923);
- John A. Sanford (1929-2005);
- Jacques Fesch (1930-1957);
- Anthony de Mello (1931-1987);
- Henri Nouwen (1932-1996);
- Kathleen Norris (1947-);
- Kathleen Fisher (20th c);
- Richard Foster (20th c);
- William Meninger (20th c);
- Mary K. Baxter (20th c);
- Vassula Ryden (b.1942);
- Guy Finley (b. 1949);
- Lonnie Frisbee (1949-1993);
- Jay N. Forrest (b. 1964);
- Zlatko Sudac (b. 1971);
[edit] See also
- Christian mysticism
- Esoteric Christianity
- Mysticism
- German mysticism
- List of spirituality-related topics
- List of people burned as heretics
- Heresy
- English Dissenters
- Flying Saints
[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. Happold; Mysticism, A Study and an Anthology (Penguin Books: Baltimore, 1963)