Jerome Gratian Explained

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]

References

  1. Book: Auclair, Marcelle . Saint Teresa of Avila . 1988 . Kathleen Pond (trans.) . Petersham, MA . St. Bede's Publications . Reprint; Originally published: New York: Pantheon, 1953 . 9780932506672 ., (457 pages)
  2. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06729d.htm Jerome Gratian