Religious figure

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John X
John X
Turkey
Patriarch of Constantinople in 1198-1206.
Georgiy Dolganev
Georgiy Dolganev
Russia
Bishop of Tobolsk and Siberia. He was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.
William Lynn
William Lynn
USA
Pastor of St. Joseph's Church in Downingtown
Maurice Noel Couve de Murville
Maurice Noel Couve de Murville
Great Britain
English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
 Ioannes XV
Ioannes XV
Italy
Pope from August 985 to March 996.
Mordecai Kaplan
Mordecai Kaplan
USA
American rabbi, educator and religious philosopher, founder of Reconstructionism
Stanislav Bzhuska
Stanislav Bzhuska
Poland
Polish Catholic priest, general, rebel.
Franz Xavier Wernz
Franz Xavier Wernz
Italy
General of the Society of Jesus
Philipp Krementz
Philipp Krementz
Germany
German Cardinal
Ippolito Capilupi
Ippolito Capilupi
Italy
Italian religious and political figure, poet
Alvaro Portillo
Alvaro Portillo
Spain
Leader of Opus Dei from 1975 to 1994.
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)
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.
 Tselestyn
Tselestyn
Italy
Italian hermit monk at Monte Morrone (in Abruzzi), founder of the Celestine Order (in 1254).
Francesco Colasuonno
Francesco Colasuonno
Italy
Italian cardinal, Vatican diplomat and curial dignitary
Dominique Dufour de Pradt
Dominique Dufour de Pradt
France
Abbot, deputy to the States General from the Second Estate.
Thomas Collins
Thomas Collins
Canada
Canadian Cardinal
 Innokentiy X
Innokentiy X
Vatican
Pope since 1644.
Gour Govinda Swami
Gour Govinda Swami
India
Hindu Vaishnava religious leader, preacher and writer.
Mary Dyer
Mary Dyer
Great Britain
Anglo-American Quaker
Teofilus Matulenis
Teofilus Matulenis
Lithuania
Archbishop of Kaisiadory of the Roman Catholic Church.
Gerasim II
Gerasim II
Greece
Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Egypt
Heinrich Adolf Kostlin
Heinrich Adolf Kostlin
Germany
Protestant theologian, pastor, musicologist
Giuseppe Betori
Giuseppe Betori
Italy
Italian Archbishop
Jan Doubravky
Jan Doubravky
Czech
Czech priest, historian, humanist and writer.
Clemens XIV
Clemens XIV
Italy
Pope from May 18, 1769 to September 22, 1774
 Varfolomey
Varfolomey
Russia
Archimandrite, abbot of the Assumption Monastery in Sviyazhsk.
Jacques Clement
Jacques Clement
France
A religious fanatic, the murderer of the French king Henry III.
 Abbon Fleriysky
Abbon Fleriysky
France
Benedictine monk
Luis De Granada
Luis De Granada
Spain
Spanish theologian, Dominican monk
Hieronymus Aleander
Hieronymus Aleander
Italy
Italian humanist, scholar and cardinal of the Reformation era
Augoustinos Kantiotes
Augoustinos Kantiotes
Greece
Metropolitan of Florin, Press and Eordea
Karl Joseph Osterreich
Karl Joseph Osterreich
Austria
Archduke of Austria, Bishop of Olomouc
Jozafat Bulhak
Jozafat Bulhak
Metropolitan of the Greek Uniate Churches in the Russian Empire
Lavrenty Zizaniy
Lavrenty Zizaniy
Western Russian linguist, theologian and church figure
John Lewis
John Lewis
Great Britain
British Unitarian preacher, Christian socialist
Lorang Konchok
Lorang Konchok
China
Tibetan monk sentenced to death
Prospero Caterini
Prospero Caterini
Italy
An Italian cardinal from a noble family.
Johannes Saresberiensis
Johannes Saresberiensis
Great Britain
Anglo-French theologian, scholastic, writer, teacher, Bishop of Chartres.
Archbishop Iov
Archbishop Iov
Archbishop of Suzdal and Tarusa
Georgiy Gulyaev
Georgiy Gulyaev
Ukraine
Archpriest, press secretary of the Donetsk diocese of the UOC MP,
Robert Kilwardby
Robert Kilwardby
Great Britain
13th century English scholastic, Archbishop of Canterbury and cardinal
 Alexander VIII
Alexander VIII
Italy
Pope from October 6, 1689 to February 1, 1691.
 Patriarch Filaret
Patriarch Filaret
Ukraine
Former Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Justin Chieti
Justin Chieti
Italy
Bishop of Chieti
Archbishop Damaskinos
Archbishop Damaskinos
Greece
Bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church
Paul Josef Cordes
Paul Josef Cordes
Germany
German curial cardinal.
Nikolay Bessonov
Nikolay Bessonov
Ukraine
Public and political figure of the Russian Empire and Ukraine.