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Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
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French mystic
François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon
François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon
French archbishop and writer
Miguel de Molinos
Miguel de Molinos
Spanish priest