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Poets in the Catholic tradition
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Poets in the Catholic Tradition

Dante Alighieri (1265? - 1321)
Catherine of Siena (1347 - 1380)
Clare of Assisi (1193? - 1254)
  Vittoria da Colonna (1492 - 1547)
  Richard Crashaw (1613 - 1649)
Francis of Assisi (1181 - 1226)
Dame Catherine Gascoigne (1600 - 1676)
  Hadewijch (13th Century)
Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 1179)
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844 - 1889)
Rolf Jacobsen (1907 - 1994)
  Jacopone da Todi (Jacopone Benedetti) (1230 - 1306)
John of the Cross (1542 - 1591)
Luis de Leon (1527 - 1591)
Ramon Llull (1232 - 1315)
  Mechthild of Magdeburg (1207 - 1297)
Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968)
Czeslaw Milosz (1911 - 2004)
Gabriela Mistral (1889 - 1957)
John O'Donohue (1954 - 2008)
Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744)
  Marguerite Porete (1260? - 1310)
Angelus Silesius (1624 - 1677)
Edith Stein (1891 - 1942)
Teresa of Avila (1515 - 1582)
Therese of Lisieux (1873 - 1897)
  Francis Thompson (1859 - 1907)

Recommended Books

Christian Mystics: Their Lives and Legacies throughout the Ages, by Ursula King
Early Christian Mystics: The Divine Vision of the Spiritual Masters, by Bernard Mcginn
Mystics of the Christian Tradition, by Steven Fanning
The Shambhala Anthology of Women's Spiritual Poetry, Edited by Aliki Barnstone
St. John of the Cross: Alchemist of the Soul: His Life, His Poetry (Bilingual), His Prose, by Antonio T. de Nicolas
Teachings of the Christian Mystics, by Andew Harvey
Women in Praise of the Sacred: 43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women, Edited by Jane Hirshfield

Related Links:

  Catholic Encyclopedia
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/
A good resource for biographical information on Catholic saints.
  Roman Catholic Saints by Name
http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/
Brief biographies on many Catholic saints.
  Catholic Online
http://www.catholic.org/
Many resources on Roman Catholicism, including a good section on saints.
 


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