John of the Cross

Title: Saint

Alternate names/spellings: San Juan de la Cruz

Dates: 1542 - 1591 () 

Saint John of the Cross, O.C.D. (Spanish: San Juan de la Cruz; 1542 – 14 December 1591) was a major figure of the Counter-Reformation, a Spanish mystic, a Roman Catholic saint, a Carmelite friar and a priest who was born at Fontiveros, Old Castile.