Jerome Gratian | |
Honorific Suffix: | O.Carm |
Native Name: | Jerónimo Gracián |
Other Names: | Jerónimo de la Madre de Dios |
Birth Name: | Jerónimo Gracián Dantisco |
Birth Date: | 6 June 1545 |
Birth Place: | Valladolid, Kingdom of Castile, Crown of Castile |
Death Place: | Brussels, Spanish Netherlands |
Jerónimo Gracián or Jerome Gratian, O.Carm (6 June 1545 – 21 September 1614) was a Spanish Carmelite and writer. He was the spiritual director of St Teresa of Ávila, who took a vow of obedience to him.[1] He was the first Provincial of the Discalced Carmelites.[2]