Ibn Abbad al-Rundi
Ibn Abbad al-Rundi was one of the leading Sufi theologians of his time who was born in Ronda. Attracted to Morocco by the famous madrasahs, Ibn Abbad emigrated there at an early age. He spent most of his life in Morocco, living in different cities, and was buried in Bab al-Futuh cemetery in Fes.
Ibn Abbad has been suggested as a possible influence on St. John of the Cross in the work of Miguel Asín Palacios.