De La Cruz, San Juan b. June 24, 1542 d. December 14, 1591 Spanish Religious Figure and Writer. He entered in Carmelitas Order and with Santa Teresa de Jesús, trying to reform this Order. He was in jail for a time. He is remembered for his works full of mysticism. Among the are "Cántico Espiritual," "Noche Oscura," and "Llama de Amor Viva." He was made Saint about 135 years after his death. His real name was Juan de Yepes. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni) Convento de los Carmelitas Descalzos, Segovia, Castilla y Leon, Spain
Frutos d. 715 Roman Catholic Saint. He was born in Sepulveda Spain and was the brother of Saint Engratia and Saint Valentine. Another sister Saint Orosia was martyred a year before his other other siblings. He alone escaped and spent the rest of his life as a hermit in prayer. His feast day is October 25. He died sometime after 715 AD. (Bio by: girlofcelje) Cathedral of Segovia, Segovia, Castilla y Leon, Spain
Juan de la Cruz, Saint b. 1542 d. 1591 Religious Reformer, Writer, and Roman Catholic Saint. He was also known as Saint John of the Cross and is considered one of the foremost mystical poets in the Spanish language. Born Juan de Yepes y Alvarez into a Jewish converso (converted to Catholicism) family in Fontiveros, Spain, his father worked as an accountant to richer relatives who were silk merchants prior to marrying his mother, who was an orphan from a lower class of people. When his father married, he was rejected by his family...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad) Convento de los Carmelitas Descalzos, Segovia, Castilla y Leon, Spain
King Felipe V b. 1683 d. 1746 King of Spain. Felipe V de Borbón y Baviera (Born: Versalles/París, 1683. Died: Madrid, 1746). He is buried in the Church of the Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso, province Segovia (with his wife the Queen Isabel de Farnesio). Also known as Philip V. (Bio by: Alicia M. Canto) La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia, Castilla y Leon, Spain
Saint Valentine d. 715 Saint and Martyr. Brother of Saints Fructus, Saint Engratia and also Saint Orosia. Born in Sepulveda Old Castile, he and Engratia were killed by invading Moors. Died around 715 AD and the memorial day is October 25. (Bio by: girlofcelje) Cathedral of Segovia, Segovia, Castilla y Leon, Spain
Vicente, Esteban b. January 20, 1903 d. January 11, 2001 Painter. Born in Turégano, Segovia, Spain, Vicente was one of the last surviving members of the first generation of the New York School of Abstract-Expressionist painters, along with Pollock, De Kooning and Rotko. Vicente lived in Paris as a young man, where he knew Pablo Picasso and Max Ernst. Later, he was forced into exile and he served as the vice-consul for the loyalist government in Philadelphia. In the 40s, he became an American citizen. In the 1950s, Vicente set up a studio in New York...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni) Museo Esteban Vicente, Segovia, Castilla y Leon, Spain Plot: Garden of the Museum.
