politician and founder of Brazilian Integralism Mário Ferreira dos Santos – Brazilian philosopher, translator and christian anarchist thinker Arlindo Veiga dos Santos – Brazilian Monarchist intellectual and poet, founder of Patrianovism Luís de Sousa – Portuguese monk and prose-writer Ariano Suassuna – Brazilian catholic playwright and writer, author of "Auto da Compadecida" Gil Vicente – Portuguese writer of the Renaissance António Vieira – Portuguese Jesuit priest, writer, preacher and orator, known for his sermons about Colonial Brazil's society Russian language Regina Derieva Russian poet; a convert to Catholicism Ivan Gagarin Jesuit and writer Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin Russian emigrant and Catholic priest; born in the Hague in the Netherlands; currently a Servant of God Vyacheslav Ivanov Russian poet, playwright, philosopher and translator; was associated with the Russian Symbolist movement; a convert to Catholicism Pyotr Kozlovsky Russian man of letters and diplomat; a convert to Catholicism Vladimir Pecherin Russian poet and Catholic priest; a convert to Catholicism Slovenian language France Balantič poet France Bevk novelist Fran Saleški Finžgar writer and priest Alojz Gradnik poet Edvard Kocbek poet, writer, essayist and Christian socialist Boris Pahor writer and Christian humanist Ivan Pregelj novelist Marjan Rožanc writer, playwright and essayist Igor Škamperle writer, essayist and sociologist Anton Martin Slomšek poet and Roman Catholic bishop Jože Snoj Catholic poet; was prohibited to publish his works during the Communist regime Karel Vladimir Truhlar theologian, Jesuit priest, and mystical poet Josip Vandot fiction writer Anton Vodnik literary theorist and poet France Vodnik essayist and poet Valentin Vodnik 18th-century poet and Roman Catholic priest Spanish language Juan de Albi Carthusian writer (d. 1591) Jaime Balmes Spanish Catholic priest; known for his political and philosophical writing Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Giannina Braschi Antonio Burgos Pedro Calderón de la Barca Ramón de Campoamor Leonardo Castellani Jesuit priest Juan de Castellanos Criollo poet, soldier and Catholic priest Francisca Josefa de la Concepción Criollo mystic and Poor Clare nun Alonso Cueto Juan Donoso Cortés Gerardo Diego José María Gironella Nicolás Gómez Dávila Luis de Góngora Spanish Baroque lyric poet and priest Baltasar Gracián Spanish Jesuit priest, baroque prose writer and philosopher Fernando de Herrera Saint John of the Cross Spanish mystic, Discalced Carmelite friar and priest; major figure of the Roman Counter-Reformation; Roman Catholic saint Juana Inés de la Cruz self-taught scholar and poet of the Baroque school; Hieronymite nun María Ignacia Colombian Poor Clare nun, poet and writer Pedro Laín Entralgo Luis de