La Sua Figura - Giuni Russo

"La Sua Figura" - Poem by Saint Jhon of the Cross (1542-1591) translated from old castilian (old spanish) to italian and sung by great italian singer Giuni Russo (1951-2004). Saint Jhon of the Cross (San Juan de La Cruz) was a spanish mystic, Carmelite friar and priest born at Fontiveros, Ávila. His poetry is considered the summit of mystical Spanish literature and one of the peaks of all Spanish literature. His writings joint to Teresa de Ávila writings are the most important mystical works in Spanish, and have deeply influenced later spiritual writers all around the world. Among these can be named T. S. Eliot, Thérèse de Lisieux, Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross), and Thomas Merton.Saint Jhon of The Cross is one of the thirty-three Doctors of the Church.

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Uploaded: October 31, 2007 at 12:23 pm
Author: ArimeuQojole

Length: 03:33
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