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.

1st Century

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);
Cave of the Apocalypse
Numenius of Apamea (2nd c);

3rd Century

Mani (210-276);
Athanasius of Alexandria (c.293–373);
Iamblichus (d.c.330);
The Hymn of the Pearl(c.3rd c);

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);

5th Century

6th Century

Book of the Holy Hierotheos (c.500);
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);

7th Century

Isaac of Nineveh (7th c);

8th Century

Adalbert (8th c);

9th Century

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);

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);

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);

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);

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);

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);
Bernardio de Laredo (1482-1540);
La Beata de Piedrahita (c.1485—1524);
Balthasar Hubmaier (c.1485-1528);
Catherine of Racconigi (1487–1574);
Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556);
Thomas Munzer (c.1490-1525);
Paracelsus (1493-1541);
Osanna of Cattaro (1493-1565);
Hans Denck (c.1495-1527);
Battista Vernazza (1497-1587);
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);

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 Ávila (1515-1582) 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 (1542-1591);
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);

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 (1623-1704);
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);
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'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);

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);

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?);
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);
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);

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);
Jay N. Forrest (b. 1964);
Zlatko Sudac (b. 1971);

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)

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List of Christian mystics

8th Century

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