Saint John of Avila (b. 6 January 1500 at Almodóvar del Campo; d. 10 May 1569 at Montilla) was a Spanish apostolic preacher, author, mystic and saint, canonized in 1970. Saint John of Avila was of Jewish converso descent. (See Antonio Dominiguez Ortiz, "Los judeoconversos en España y América." Madrid, 1971.) At the age of fourteen he was sent to the University of Salamanca to study law but returned after a year to his father's home, … Wikipedia
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