Religious figure

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Joseph Augustine Di Noi
Joseph Augustine Di Noi
USA
American prelate and theologian, Dominican, Vatican and Curial dignitary, prominent member of the Roman Curia. Sub-Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from April 4, 2002 to June 16, 2009. Titular Archbishop of Oregon since June 16, 2009. Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Archbishop Varnava
Archbishop Varnava
Poland
Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Archbishop of Kholmogory and Vazhe
Giriraj Swami
Giriraj Swami
USA
Hindu Krishna religious figure
Aptysh Tangaev
Aptysh Tangaev
Russia
Yaik Cossack, Tatar.
 Ioannes XV
Ioannes XV
Italy
Pope from August 985 to March 996.
John XIV Kalekas
John XIV Kalekas
Patriarch of Constantinople from 1333 to 1347
Mordecai Kaplan
Mordecai Kaplan
USA
American rabbi, educator and religious philosopher, founder of Reconstructionism
 Innokentiy II
Innokentiy II
Vatican
Pope
Agostino Casaroli
Agostino Casaroli
Italy
Italian curial cardinal.
 Moisey
Moisey
Russia
Reverend Optina Elder
Karl Mayntskiy
Karl Mayntskiy
Archbishop of Mainz
Archbishop Andrew
Archbishop Andrew
Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church
Mitropolit Vladimir
Mitropolit Vladimir
Moldova
Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church
Luis Aponte Martinez
Luis Aponte Martinez
USA
The only Puerto Rican ever ordained cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
Georg Ganswein
Georg Ganswein
Germany
German curial prelate and Vatican dignitary.
Elijah ben Solomon Zalman
Elijah ben Solomon Zalman
Latvia
Rabbi, Kabbalist and public figure
Giovanni Battista Caprara
Giovanni Battista Caprara
Italy
Italian statesman and cardinal
John Banyan
John Banyan
Great Britain
English writer, Protestant preacher.
 Ingobert
Ingobert
Bishop of Urgell (885-893). He spent most of his pontificate in a struggle for possession of the Urgell see with the uncanonically elected Bishop of Esclua.
Camillo Di Pietro
Camillo Di Pietro
Italy
Italian Curial Cardinal.
Stanislav Bzhuska
Stanislav Bzhuska
Poland
Polish Catholic priest, general, rebel.
Dorofeya Boykovich
Dorofeya Boykovich
Serbia
Abbess of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Michael Kuzemskiy
Michael Kuzemskiy
Ukraine
Ukrainian church and political figure
Adam Bargielski
Adam Bargielski
Blessed of the Roman Catholic Church, priest, martyr
Yeshaya Elazar Kogen
Yeshaya Elazar Kogen
Israel
Chief Rabbi of Kazakhstan since 1994
Franz Xavier Wernz
Franz Xavier Wernz
Italy
General of the Society of Jesus
Mihael Kobrin
Mihael Kobrin
Ukraine
Ukrainian Orthodox theologian.
Angelo Comastri
Angelo Comastri
Italy
Italian Cardinal
Juan Alcober
Juan Alcober
China
Saint of the Roman Catholic Church
 Patriarch Pimen (Pimen I of Moscow)
Patriarch Pimen (Pimen I of Moscow)
Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'
Philipp Krementz
Philipp Krementz
Germany
German Cardinal
Alonso de Santa Maria Cartagena
Alonso de Santa Maria Cartagena
Spain
Spanish writer, Bishop of Burgos.
Ippolito Capilupi
Ippolito Capilupi
Italy
Italian religious and political figure, poet
Alvaro Portillo
Alvaro Portillo
Spain
Leader of Opus Dei from 1975 to 1994.
 Iustin
Iustin
Greece
Holy Father and Teacher of the Church of the 2nd century.
Paolo Canciani
Paolo Canciani
Italy
Italian scholar monk.
 Innokentiy VI
Innokentiy VI
Vatican
Pope
Adalbertus Magdeburgensis
Adalbertus Magdeburgensis
France
The first Archbishop of Magdeburg, missionary, historian, first Christian bishop
Jean-Baptiste Janssens
Jean-Baptiste Janssens
Italy
General of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
Jean du Bellay
Jean du Bellay
France
French cardinal and diplomat, Bishop of Bayonne
Mary Morrissey
Mary Morrissey
USA
Head of the religious movement "New Thought"
Giovanni Visconti
Giovanni Visconti
Italy
Representative of the House of Visconti, Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal
John Newman
John Newman
Great Britain
English theologian, teacher, publicist and church figure. In 1845 he converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism, and from 1879 he was a cardinal. He defended the theory of the 'development of dogmas' and the principle of 'open theology' free from scholastic frameworks.
Carlo Maria Martini
Carlo Maria Martini
Italy
Italian cardinal, Jesuit, Archbishop of Milan from January 6, 1980 to July 11, 2002.
Antiochus Palestine
Antiochus Palestine
A monk and theologian who lived in the 7th century
Carlo Borromeo
Carlo Borromeo
Cardinal and Saint of the Catholic Church
Alicia Kotovskaya
Alicia Kotovskaya
Poland
Blessed of the Roman Catholic Church, nun, martyr
 Tselestyn
Tselestyn
Italy
Italian hermit monk at Monte Morrone (in Abruzzi), founder of the Celestine Order (in 1254).
Robert Harold Schuller
Robert Harold Schuller
USA
Former American evangelist, pastor, motivator and author
Nikolay Vinogradov
Nikolay Vinogradov
Russian clergyman, spiritual writer, holy martyr