Folk Art Retablo Saint John of the Cross Poets Contemplative Mystics Carmelites Garlick St. Peter Faber The back of the cross

The back of the cross is painted and signed by the artist

Many conversions were reported after his martyrdom

"Faithful servant of God and invincible martyr

She urged all to pray the rosary and to wear a scapular

the hospitality saint

Folk Art Retablo Saint John of the Cross Poets Contemplative Mystics Carmelites Garlick St. Peter Faber The back of the crossTitle: "Saint John of the Cross." St. John of the Cross was born into poverty in Avila, Spain. His father was disowned when he married a woman of low social stature. Compounding matters, his father died when John was three. John started on a religious path as a child: he was an acolyte at an Augustinian monastery, attended a Jesuit school and joined the Carmelite Order as a friar and then priest when he was able. He followed St. Teresa of Avila, his