John of St. Samson
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John of Saint Samson was a French Carmelite lay brother, mystic, spiritual director, poet, musician, and writer. Blind from early childhood, he became one of the principal spiritual figures of the Tou
The Blind Musician by Georges de La Tour
Unknown painter Transfiguration of Christ WGA23487
Touraine Reform
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The Touraine Reform was a Carmelite Counter-Reformation movement of return to regular observance, which appeared in France at the beginning of the 17th century, spreading throughout Catholic Europe an
John of St. Samson
…brother, mystic, spiritual director, poet, musician, and writer. Blind from early childhood, he became one of the principal spiritual figures of the Touraine Reform of the Carmelite Order in seventeenth-century France. He belonged to the Carmelite Order of the Ancient Observance, often called the Great Carmelites…
La Vierge remettant le scapulaire à saint Simon Stock by Nicolas Mignard, 17th century painting.