... of a long list of Benedictine archbishops of Canterbury. As early as 1354 the order had provided 24 popes, 200 cardinals, 7,000 archbishops, 15,000 bishops, 1,560 canonized saints, and 5,000 holy people worthy of canonization, a number since increased to 40,000, and it had included 20 emperors, 10 empresses, 47 kings, 50 queens, and many other royal and noble people. The ... the Discalced Carmelites, who went without shoes as a sign of austerity and followed the reforms of the Spanish mystic St John of the Cross. This reform endeavoured to restore the spirit of the original rule of Albe...

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