Curated category
Roman Catholic mystics
- Ignatius of LoyolaÍñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola entered the world inside a stone fortress in Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa. His parents belonged to the minor nobility of the Basque region.
- John of the CrossJuan de Yepes y Álvarez entered the world on the 24th of June 1542 in Fontiveros, a small town near Ávila with only about 2,000 residents.
- Teresa of ÁvilaTeresa Sánchez de Cepeda Dávila y Ahumada was born on the 28th of March 1515. Her birthplace remains a matter of historical debate between the cities of…
- Joan of ArcIn the small village of Domrémy, nestled in the Meuse valley of northeast France, a peasant girl named Joan was born around 1412.
- Blaise PascalBlaise Pascal was born on the 19th of June 1623 in Clermont-Ferrand, France. His mother Antoinette Begon died when he was three years old.
- Nicholas of CusaNicholas of Cusa was born in the town of Kues, located in southwestern Germany. His father Johan Krebs worked as a prosperous boat owner and ferryman on the…
- Giovanni Pico della MirandolaGiovanni Pico della Mirandola entered the world on the 24th of February 1463 within the Castle of Mirandola, a small autonomous county in Emilia near Modena.
- Luis de LeónBelmonte, a small town in the province of Cuenca, was the birthplace of Luis de León in 1527. His father Lope de León practiced law and moved the family to…