St. Benedict

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1. Saint Augustine

   Author of Confessions, City Of God, On Christian Doctrine

2. Thomas Merton

   Author of The seven storey mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, Contemplative Prayer

3. Esther De Waal

   Author of Seeking God : the Way of St. Benedict, Living With Contradiction: An Introduction to Benedictine Spirituality

4. Joan Chittister

   Author of Wisdom Distilled from the Daily: Living the Rule of St. Benedict Today, The Rule of Benedict: Insights for the Ages (Crossroad Spiritual Legacy Series)

5. Thomas à Kempis

   Author of The Imitation of Christ

6. Saint Athanasius

   Author of On the Incarnation: De Incarnatione Verbi Dei (Popular Patristics Series)

7. Kathleen Norris

   Author of The Cloister Walk

8. Francis De Sales

   Author of Introduction to the Devout Life

9. Eusebius

   Author of The History of the Church

10. Thérèse of Lisieux

    Author of The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux

11. Saint Ignatius of Loyola

    Author of Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius

12. Julian of Norwich

    Author of Revelations of Divine Love

13. Bede

    Author of Ecclesiastical History of the English People

14. U.S. Catholic Church

    Author of Catechism of the Catholic Church

15. Saint Gregory of Nyssa

    Author of Gregory of Nyssa: The Life of Moses (Classics of Western Spirituality)

16. Henry Chadwick

    Author of The Early Church (Hist of the Church)

17. St. Bernard of Clairvaux

    Author of Selected Works

18. Teresa de Jesús

    Author of The Interior Castle

19. John Henry Newman

    Author of Apologia Pro Vita Sua

20. Andrew Louth

    Author of Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers (Penguin Classics)