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.

1st Century

• Philo (c.0); (Jewish, but had impact on later Christian philosophers)
• Jesus of Nazareth (c.0-33?);
• Paul of Tarsus (d.c.65);

The 1st century was that century which lasted from 1 to 100 according the Gregorian calendar. ... Philo (20 BCE - 40 CE), known also as Philo of Alexandria and as Philo Judeaus, was a Hellenized Jewish philosopher born in Alexandria, Egypt. ... Jesus (8–2 BC/BCE to 29–36 AD/CE),[1] also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. ... Paul of Tarsus, also known as Paul the Apostle or Saint Paul (AD 3–14 — 62–69),[1] is widely considered to be central to the early development and spread of Christianity, particularly westward from Jerusalem. ...

2nd Century

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

The 2nd century is the period from 101 - 200 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... Clement of Alexandria (Titus Flavius Clemens), was the first member of the Church of Alexandria to be more than a name, and one of its most distinguished teachers. ... Origen (Greek: , ca. ... Basilides redirects here. ... Valentinus can refer to: Pope Valentinus Saint Valentine Basil Valentinus, a 15th century monk from Erfurt who may have described Bismuth Valentinius, a Gnostic also known as Valentinus Roman emperors - Valentinian I (364 - 375) and Valentinian II (371 - 392) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists...

3rd Century

• Plotinus (204-70);
• Iamblichus (d.c.330);
• Hymn of the Pearl (c.3rd c)

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4th Century

• Macarius of Egypt(c.300-90);
• Ephraem of Syria (c.306-73);
• Basil the Great (c.329-79);
• John of Lycopolis (d.c.394);
• Gregory of Nyssa (c.340-94);
• Evagrius of Pontus (346-99);
• Augustine of Hippo (354-430);
• John Cassian (c.360-434);

As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400. ... Macarius of Egypt (300-390) was an Egyptian Christian monk and hermit. ... Ephrem the Syrian was a prolific Syriac language hymn writer and theologian of the 4th century. ... Basil (ca. ... Gregory of Nyssa ( 335 – after 394) was a Christian bishop and saint. ... For the first Archbishop of Canterbury, see Saint Augustine of Canterbury. ... John Cassian (c. ...

5th Century

• Proclus (b.c.410);

Europe in 450 The 5th century is the period from 401 - 500 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... Proclus Lycaeus (February 8, 412 – April 17, 485), surnamed The Successor or diadochos (Greek Πρόκλος ὁ Διάδοχος Próklos ho Diádokhos), was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major Greek philosophers (see Damascius). ...

6th Century

• Book of the Holy Hierotheos (c.500);
• Gregory I "The Great" (c.540-604);
• Maximus the Confessor (c.580-662);
• Dionysius the Areopagite (5th-6th c), aka Pseudo-Dionysius, aka St. Denys;
• Julianos Pomerius (6th c);

This Buddhist stela from China, Northern Wei period, was built in the early 6th century. ... Saint Gregory I, or Gregory the Great (called the Dialogist in Eastern Orthodoxy) (circa 540 - March 12, 604) was pope of the Catholic Church from September 3, 590 until his death. ... Maximus the Confessor (580 - 682) was a Christian monk. ... Dionysius the Areopagite was the judge of the Areopagus who, as related in Acts, xvii, 34, was converted to Christianity by the preaching of Saint Paul. ...

7th Century

• Isaac of Nineveh (7th c);

The 7th century is the period from 601 - 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... Isaac of Nineveh (d. ...

9th Century

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

As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was that century that lasted from 801 to 900. ... Johannes Scotus Erigena, known as John the Scot (c. ... Smaragdus was Exarch of Ravenna (585-589, 603-611). ...

10th Century

• Symeon of Studion (949-1022);

As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ...

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;
• Hildegarde von Bingen (1098-1179);
• Cathars (11th to 13th century);

As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... Gundolfo was a teacher of heretical doctrines in the early 11th century. ... Saint Bruno (Cologne, c. ... Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033 or 1034 – April 21, 1109), a widely influential medieval philosopher and theologian, held the office of Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109. ... William of St-Thierry was a Theologian and mystic, and so called from the monastery of which he was abbot He was born at Liège (in present Belgium) of a noble family about 1085; died at Signy about 1148. ... Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (Fontaines, near Dijon, 1090 – August 21, 1153 in Clairvaux) was a French abbot and the primary builder of the reforming Cistercian monastic order. ... Hugh of St. ... A medieval illumination showing Hildegard von Bingen and the monk Volmar Hildegard von Bingen or Hildegard of Bingen (September 16, 1098 - September 17, 1179) was a German abbess, monastic leader, mystic, author, and composer of music. ... Cathars being expelled from Carcassonne in 1209. ...

12th Century

• Aelred or Ailred of Rievaulx (1109-67);
• Richard of St. Victor (1123-75);
• Elizabeth of Schonau (1129-64);
• Joachim da 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);
• 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?);
• Thierry of Chartes (12th c);
• Beguines (12th c);
• Beghards (12th c);

(11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, hence also known as Ailred of Rievaulx (b. ... Richard of St. ... David of Dinant (ca. ... Edmund Rich, also known as Saint Edmund or Eadmund of Canterbury, was Archbishop of Canterbury in 1234. ... Saint Francis of Assisi (1182 – October 3, 1226) founded the Franciscan Order or Friars Minor. // Francis was born in 1182 in Assisi, Italy, while his father was in France on business. ... Saint Anthony of Padua (August 15, 1195 – June 13, 1231), also venerated (particularly in Portugal) as Saint Anthony of Lisbon (Santo António de Lisboa), is a Catholic saint who was born in Lisbon, Portugal as Fernando de Bulhões (pron. ... Adam of St. ... Peter Lombard (c. ... Beguines are lay sisterhoods made up of women who devote themselves to a life of religion without taking monastic vows. ... A Roman Catholic religious community of men active in the 13th and 14th century. ...

13th Century

• Brethren of the Free Spirit (c.1200);
• 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);
• Mechtilde 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);
• 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);
• Margaret Ebner (1291-1351);
• Gertrude of Oosten (d.1358);
• Jan Van Ruysbroek (1293-1381);
• Gregory Palamas (c.1296-1359);
• Henry Suso (c.1296-1366);
• Dorothea of Prussia (13th c);
• The Ancrene Rule (13th c);

(12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... The Brethren of the Free Spirit (Brüder und Schwestern des Freien Geistes) was a medieval heretical pantheistic movement. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with St. ... Beatrice of Nazareth (Flemish: Beatrijs van Nazareth) (1200; Tienen – 1268) was a Flemish Cistercian nun and author of Seven Manners of Love. ... David of Augsburg (early 13th century – 19 November 1272), was a medieval German mystic, and a Franciscan friar. ... Albertus Magnus (1193? – November 15, 1280), also known as Saint Albert the Great and Albert of Cologne, was a Dominican friar who became famous for his comprehensive knowledge and advocacy for the peaceful coexistence of science and religion. ... Saint Bonaventura, John of Fidanza (1221 – July 15, 1274), was a Franciscan theologian. ... Saint Thomas Aquinas [Thomas of Aquin, or Aquino] (c. ... A modern collection of Jacopones Laudi, with a portrait. ... Ramon Llull. ... Angela of Foligno (born circa 1248, died 1309) was a Catholic mystic who lived in Foligno, Italy, near Assisi. ... Gertrude the Great (January 6, 1256–November 17, 1301) was a German Benedictine and mystic writer. ... Marguerite Porete (d. ... The Meister Eckhart portal of the Erfurt Church. ... Gregory Palamas (1296 - 1359) was a monk of Mount Athos in Greece, and later became Archbishop of Thessalonica. ... Henry Suso (Also called Amandus, a name adopted in his writings, and Heinrich Seuse in German) was a German mystic, born at Überlingen on Lake Constance on March 21, circa 1300; he died at Ulm, January 25, 1366; declared Blessed in 1831 by Gregory XVI, who assigned his feast in...

14th Century

• Mirror of Simple Souls (c.1300);
• Richard Rolle (c.1300-49);
• John Tauler (c.1300-61);
• Bigitta of Sweden (1303-73);
• Rulman Merswin (c.1307-82);
• Geert de Groote (1340-84);
• Walter Hilton (d.1396);
• Julian of Norwich (1343-1416);
• Author of 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 Kemp (1373-1440);
• Gerlac Peterson (1378-1411);
• Lydwine of Schiedam (1380-1432);
• Nicholas Cabasilas (14th c);
• Christina Ebner (14th c);
• Nicholas of Basle (14th c);
• Henry of Norlingen (14th c);
• Theologia Germanica (late 14th c);

This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... Richard Rolle (c. ... Johannes Tauler (c. ... Rulman Merswin (around 1307 - 1382) was a German mystic, leader for a time of the Friends of God. ... Walter Hilton (d. ... Julian of Norwich (c. ... Saint Catherine of Siena (born March 25, 1347 in Siena, Italy, died April 29, 1380 in Rome) was a Dominican Tertiary or lay-affiliate of the Dominican Order. ... Nicolaus Cabasilas (born 1319/23, died after 1391) was a Byzantine mystic and theological writer. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

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);
• Bernardio de Laredo (1482-1540);
• Balthasar Hubmaier (c.1485-1528);
• Ingatius Loyola (1491-1556);
• Thomas Munzer (c.1490-1525);
• 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);

(14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... Nicholas of Cusa Nicholas of Cusa (1401 – August 11, 1464) was a German cardinal of the Catholic Church, a philosopher, jurist, mathematician, and an astronomer. ... Saint Catherine of Genoa, a member of the noble family of Fieschi, was born in 1447 and spent her life and her means in succouring and attending the sick, especially during the plague which ravaged Genoa in 1497 and 1501. ... Balthasar Hübmaier (ca. ... Thomas Müntzer, in an 18th century engraving by C. Van Sichem. ... Hans Denck (c. ... Nicholas Storch (d. ... Sebastian Franck (ca. ... [1]Born at Alcántara, Spain, 1499; died 18 Oct. ...

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);
• Francois 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);

(15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Luís de Granada (1504 - December 31, 1588), was a Spanish preacher and ascetic writer. ... Teresa of Avila by Peter Paul Rubens Saint Teresa of Avila (known in religion as Teresa de Jesús, baptised as Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada) was a Spanish Roman Catholic mystic and monastic reformer; born at Avila (53 miles north-west of Madrid), Old Castile, March 28, 1515; died... S. Filippo Neri Philip Romolo Neri (Filippo de Neri; called, Apostle of Rome), (July 21, 1515 - May 26, 1595), was an Italian churchman, noted for founding a society of secular priests called the Congregation of the Oratory. He was was born at Florence, the youngest child of Francesco Neri, a... St. ... Diego de Estella (Didacus Stella) was a 16th century Spanish mystic and theologian, born 1524 in Estella, Navarra, died 1578 in Salamanca. ... Fray Luis de León, depicted in a biography by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly Fray Luis Ponce de León (sometimes Luis de León) (born Belmonte, in Cuenca province, of the Castilian region of La Mancha, Spain, in 1527 – 23 August 1591?) was a Spanish lyric poet and an Augustinian... Saint John of the Cross (Juan de la Cruz) (June 24, 1542 – December 14, 1591) was a major figure in the Catholic Reformation, a Spanish mystic and Carmelite friar born at Fontiveros, a small village near Ávila. ... Giordano Bruno. ... Joseph Hall (July 1, 1574 - September 8, 1656), English bishop and satirist, was born at Bristow park, near Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, on the 1st of July 1574. ... Idealized portrait of Böhmes from Theosophia Revelata (1730) Jakob Böhme (1575–1624) was a Christian mystic born in central Germany, near Görlitz. ... Pierre de Bérulle (February 4, 1575 - October 2, 1629) was a French cardinal and statesman. ... Dom David Augustine Baker (1575-1641), was a Welsh Benedictine monk and ascetical writer, author of many treatises on Contemplative prayer. ... Saint Rose of Lima, (20 April 1586 - 24 August 1617), the first Catholic saint of The Americas, was born in Lima, Peru. ... Louis Lallemant (born Châlons-sur-Marne, France, sometime in 1588, died in Bourges, France 5 April 1635) was a French Jesuit. ... Nicholas Ferrar (1592-1637) came from a family deeply involved in the London Virginia Company. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Louis de Blois (October 1506 - January 7, 1566), Flemish mystical writer, generally known under the name of Blosius, was born at the château of Donstienne, near Liège, of an illustrious family to which several crowned heads were allied. ...

17th Century

• Jean Joseph Surin (1600-65);
• John Eudes (1601-80);
• Maria de Jesus (1602-65);
• 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);
• 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);
• Emmanuel 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);

(16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Brother Lawrence (c. ... Gerrard Winstanley (1609 - September 10, 1676) was an English Protestant religious reformer and political activist during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. ... Benjamin Whichcote (1609 - 1683), divine, belonged to a good Shropshire family, and was at Cambridge, where he became Provost of Kings College, of which office he was deprived at the Restoration. ... Antoine Arnauld, (1612 - August 8, 1694) — le grand as contemporaries called him, to distinguihs him from his father — was a French Roman Catholic theologian and writer. ... Jeremy Taylor is depicted in this portrait at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University. ... Henry More. ... There are two historic figures called Isaac Penington: Isaac Penington (Mayor of London) - one time Mayor of London Isaac Penington (Quaker) - an early Quaker, son of Isaac Penington above. ... Antoinette Bourignon (January 13, 1616 _ October 30, 1680), Flemish mystic, was born at Lille. ... Ralph Cudworth (1617 - June 26, 1688) was an English philosopher, the leader of the Cambridge Platonists. ... Thomas Vaughan has been the name of several prominent individuals. ... Henry Vaughan (April 17, 1622 - April 28, 1695) was a Welsh Metaphysical poet and a doctor, the twin brother of the philosopher Thomas Vaughan. ... Blaise Pascal (pronounced []), (June 19, 1623 – August 19, 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. ... Jane Leade (1624-1704) was a Christian Mystic born in Norfolk, England, whose spiritual visions, recorded in a series of publications, were central in the founding and philosophy of the Philadelphia Society in London at the time. ... Angelus Silesius (1624-1677), German religious poet, was born in 1624 at Breslau. ... 19th-century engraving of George Fox, based on a painting of unknown date. ... Miguel de Molinos (c. ... Thomas Traherne (1636 or 1637 - October 10, 1674) was an English poet and religious writer. ... Miguel de Molinos (c. ... Pierre Poiret a prominent 17th century French mystic and Christian philosopher was born at Metz April 15, 1646 and died at Rijnsburg (3 m. ... Marguerite-Marie Alacoque Saint Marguerite Marie Alacoque or Margaret Mary Alacoque (22 July 1647-17 October 1690) was a French Catholic nun and mystic, who originated the Catholic devotion of the Sacred Heart in its modern form. ... Categories: People stubs | 1648 births | 1717 deaths ... Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon (April 13, 1648 - June 9, 1717) was a French mystic and one of the key advocates of Quietism. ... François de Salignac de la Mothe, more commonly known as François Fénelon (1651 - 1715), was a French Roman Catholic theologian, poet and writer. ... William Law (1686 – April 9, 1761), English divine, was born at Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire. ... Gerhard Tersteegen (November 25, 1697 - April 3, 1769), a German religious writer, born at Mors, at that time the capital of a countship belonging to the house of Orange-Nassau (it fell to Prussia in 1702), which formed a Protestant enclave in the midst of a Catholic country. ... In Christian theology, the Collegiants (Latin: Collegiani; Dutch: Collegianten), also called Collegians, were an eclectic religious sect, formed in 1619 among the Arminians and Anabaptists in Holland; so called, because of their colleges, or meetings the first Sunday of each month, where everyone had the same liberty of expounding the...

18th Century

• Sarah Pierrepont (1710-58);
• John Woolman (1720-72);
• Grigori Savvitch Skovoroda (1722-94);
• Tikhon of Zadonsk (1724-83);
• Jean Grou (1731-1803);
• Saint-Martin (1743-1803);
• Eckharthausen (1752-1803);
• William Blake (1757-1827);
• Seraphim of Sarov (1759-1833);
• Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762-1814);
• William Wordsworth (1770-1850);
• Anna Katherina Emmerich (1774-1824);
• Henry Martyn (1781-1812);
• Ann Lee (18th c);
• Dionysius Andreas Freher (18th c);

(17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...

19th Century

• Henri Frederic Amiel (1821-81);
• Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1823-96);
• 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);
• Rufus M. Jones (1863-1948);
• John Chapman (1865-1933);
• Sergei Bulgakov (1870-1944);
• Nicolas Berdyaev (1874-1948);
• Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926);
• Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange (1877-1964);
• Gemma Galgani (1878-1903);
• Margaret Prescott Mantague (1878-1955);
• Thomas R. Kelly (1893-1941);
• Theresa Neumann (1898-1962);

Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

20th Century

• Kathleen Raine (b.1908);
• Katharine Tevelyan (b.1909);
• Simone Weil (1909-55);
• Thomas Merton (1915-68);
• Kathleen Fisher (20th c);

(19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999...

Undated

• William of Volpiano (?);
• Ratherius of Verona (?);
• Hendrik Herp;

See also

• Christian mysticism
• Mysticism
• German mysticism
• List of spirituality-related topics

Mysticism is the philosophy and practice of a direct experience of God. ... Mysticism from the Greek μυστικός (mystikos) an initiate (of the Eleusinian Mysteries, μυστήρια (mysteria) meaning initiation[1]) is the pursuit of achieving communion or identity with, or conscious awareness of, ultimate reality, the divine, spiritual truth, or God through direct experience, intuition, or insight; and the belief that such experience is an... German Mysticism (Sometimes called Dominican mysticism or Rhineland mysticism) is the name given to a christian mystical movement in the Late Middle Ages, that was especially prominent in Germany, and in the Dominican order. ... This is a list of topics that may be of interest to a person who is researching subjects related to spirituality, esotericism, mysticism, or parapsychology. ...

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 Inttoduction 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)