Religious figure

Discover a comprehensive list of renowned religious figures, including their bios, quotes, and beliefs. Gain insights into the lives and teachings of prominent spiritual leaders who have shaped religious history and continue to inspire followers worldwide.

Metropolitan of Kharkov and Bogodukhovsky

Camille Desmoulins

French revolutionary.

Orthodox church, political and literary figure

Gopalaguru Gosvami

A 16th century Krishnaite theologian and saint from Orissa

Archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church

Claude Vorilhon

French journalist and racing driver, founder and leader of the Raelian religious sect.

Lavrentiy Bay Syaoman

Saint of the Roman Catholic Church, martyr.

Camillo Di Pietro

Italian Curial Cardinal.

Zenon Groholevski

Polish cardinal. Titular Bishop of Agropoli from 21 December 1981 to 16 December 1991.

Pierre Dumoulin-Borie

Saint of the Roman Catholic Church, priest, missionary, martyr

John XIV Kalekas

Patriarch of Constantinople from 1333 to 1347

Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo

Italian cardinal and Vatican diplomat

Hindu Vaishnava religious leader and preacher; author, translator and commentator on Hindu scriptures; founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)

Bhativinoda Thakur

Gaudiya Vaishnava theologian.

Ukrainian Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Kiev and Galicia

Nikolaus Selnecker

German Lutheran theologian and author of Christian hymns

Francesco Barberini Jr.

Italian Curial Cardinal.

Anthony Beshta-Borovsky

Blessed of the Roman Catholic Church, Vicar General of the Diocese of Pinsk

Alfonso Carrillo de Acuna

Archbishop of Toledo

Bishop of Metz, Saint

77th Doge of Venice

Georgiy Konissky

Archbishop of Mogilev, Mstislav and Orsha, philosopher, public figure

Judah Loew ben Bezalel

Prague rabbi, scientist

Cyril VI of Alexandria

116th Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church

A famous Taoist, founder of the Quanzhen school during the Song Dynasty in the 12th century.

Yatsek Odrovonzh

Catholic missionary, Dominican monk

Ioahim Florskiy

Italian Cistercian monk, visionary-prophet, considered the founder of medieval chiliasm.

Mitropolit Isidor

Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church

Francesca S. Cabrini

A US citizen canonized by the Roman Catholic Church

Eustathius Thessalonica

Archbishop of Thessalonica, author of the famous commentary on Homer

Bhakti Vikasha Swami

Krishnaite religious leader and preacher

Pietro Bernardino

Follower of Savonarola

High Priestess of Louisiana Voodoo in New Orleans

Niccolo Alamanni

A Roman antiquarian of Greek origin. He studied at the Roman Greek College founded by Gregory XIII, after which he was ordained as a Catholic deacon and then a priest.

French cardinal-poet.

Canadian Curial Cardinal, Sulpician.

Henry B. Eyring

American religious leader, since 2008 first counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Metropolit Agafangel

Bishop of the Russian Church

Molla Melik-Gaikazov

Azerbaijani religious figure of the 19th century

Ranulf Flambard

Bishop of Durham (from 1099), chief adviser to the English king William II and Lord Chancellor of England in 1107–1123.

Yechiel Weinberg

Metropolit Augustin

Metropolitan of Riga and all Latvia

A religious figure of Judaism, then Catholicism.

Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Rus' in 1164-1166

British Unitarian preacher, Christian socialist

Pope from December 14, 872 to December 16, 882

Religious figure

Ferdinand Verbiest

Flemish Jesuit missionary

Anna Elizarova-Ulyanova

The elder sister of V. I. Lenin, an active participant in the Russian revolutionary movement