French Christian mystics

French composer and pianist (1866-1925)

French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist

French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916)

Catholic Saint and Mystic (1647-1690)

French Catholic priest (1601–1680)

French theologian (1877-1964)

French Carmelite nun and mystic

12th century heresiarch

French Catholic priest and cardinal

Catholic monk (1937-1996)

French Catholic author, poet, and mystic (1904–1964)

French murderer and Servant of God

French historian and mystic (1877–1962)

French mystic (1874–1950)

French theologian (1588-1641)

French physician, priest and mystic (1773–1838)

French mystic and esotericist (1871-1926)

Aldebert (sometimes spelled Adelbert) was a Christian preacher in 8th-century Gaul. He claimed that an angel had conferred miraculous powers on him at birth, and that another had brought him relics of great sanctity from all parts of the earth. He claimed to be able to see the future and read people's thoughts, telling those who came to him that they had no need to confess, since he knew what they had done, and that their sins were forgiven.

The turlupins were a religious sect in medieval France, loosely related to the Beguines and Beghards and the Brethren of the Free Spirit. The name turlupin is a derisive epithet; they appear to have called themselves the "society of the poor" or "fellowship of poverty". Mention of them survives only in writings of their opponents, who condemned them as heretics. From Avignon, Pope Gregory XI () excommunicated them as heretics. Therefore, very little is known about them, but they apparently wore few clothes as an expression of the vow of poverty, which led to accusations of nudism and promiscui

French Catholic visionary