Religious figure

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Henry Compton
Henry Compton
Great Britain
English Bishop
Karl Mayntskiy
Karl Mayntskiy
Archbishop of Mainz
Basilios Bessarion
Basilios Bessarion
Italy
Catholic cardinal, Greek scholar
Huldrychi Zwingli
Huldrychi Zwingli
Switzerland
Reformation figure
Brynjolfur Sveinsson
Brynjolfur Sveinsson
Iceland
Icelandic religious (Lutheran) figure, philologist and poet.
 Bodhidharma
Bodhidharma
India
Legendary Indian monk
David Koresh
David Koresh
USA
American religious leader, leader of the Branch Davidian religious sect
 Ioannes XV
Ioannes XV
Italy
Pope from August 985 to March 996.
Yeguda Brandwine
Yeguda Brandwine
Israel
Rabbi and Kabbalist.
Avel Poplavsky
Avel Poplavsky
Poland
Hierarch of the Polish Orthodox Church
Aleksey Mechev
Aleksey Mechev
Russia
Archpriest. He was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.
Cyril Alexandria
Cyril Alexandria
Egypt
Father of the Church, Christian Egyptian exegete and polemicist
Metropolit Ilarion
Metropolit Ilarion
Bishop of the Polish Orthodox Church
Petr Damiani
Petr Damiani
Italy
Saint, Doctor of the Church, Cardinal.
Iogann Hanksleden
Iogann Hanksleden
Germany
German Jesuit, missionary, grammarian
Avi Weiss
Avi Weiss
USA
American rabbi.
Marino Falier
Marino Falier
Italy
55th Venetian Doge.
Patriarch Zoilus
Patriarch Zoilus
Patriarch of Alexandria
Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Svami
Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Svami
India
Hindu Hare Krishna guru
Benjamin Kennicott
Benjamin Kennicott
Great Britain
English theologian and biblical scholar.
 Iosaf II
Iosaf II
Russia
Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' since 1667.
Antonio Maria Veglio
Antonio Maria Veglio
Italy
Italian Curial Cardinal, Vatican diplomat and dignitary
 Anaklet II
Anaklet II
Italy
Antipope
Caterina Aliprandi
Caterina Aliprandi
Italy
Italian Catholic blessed Clarissian.
Gorazd Ohridskiy
Gorazd Ohridskiy
The first Slavic-Slovak archbishop
Mordecai Kaplan
Mordecai Kaplan
USA
American rabbi, educator and religious philosopher, founder of Reconstructionism
Kyrion II
Kyrion II
Georgia
The first Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia
Metropolit Agafangel
Metropolit Agafangel
Bishop of the Russian Church
Niccolo Alamanni
Niccolo Alamanni
Italy
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.
Leonardus Lessius
Leonardus Lessius
Belgium
Jesuit theologian
Henry Barrowe
Henry Barrowe
Great Britain
English religious figure, Puritan.
Conon
Conon
Italy
Pope from October 21, 686 to September 21, 687.
Abdulla ibn Yasin Al Gazuliy
Abdulla ibn Yasin Al Gazuliy
Islamic religious figure. Founder of the Almoravid sect.
Evgeniy Bosilkov
Evgeniy Bosilkov
Bulgaria
Bulgarian Catholic bishop, blessed martyr.
Justo Martinez
Justo Martinez
Spain
The Spanish monk who built the cathedral alone
Benyamin Kogan
Benyamin Kogan
Israel
Moldavian educator and Jewish religious figure.
Anthimus IV
Anthimus IV
Turkey
Patriarch of Constantinople
Naftali Berlin
Naftali Berlin
Belarus
One of the greatest rabbis of his generation.
Luis Ore
Luis Ore
Peru
Peruvian cleric and missionary
Laura Vicuna
Laura Vicuna
Argentina
Blessed of the Roman Catholic Church, laywoman, confessor
 Igumen Timofey
Igumen Timofey
Russia
Rector of the Church of Elijah the Prophet
Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon
Great Britain
English Baptist preacher
Andrey Sheptitskiy
Andrey Sheptitskiy
Ukraine
Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in 1900-1944, Metropolitan of Galicia.
Georgiy Dolganev
Georgiy Dolganev
Russia
Bishop of Tobolsk and Siberia. He was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.
Ole Nydahl
Ole Nydahl
Denmark
Popular religious figure
Gregory Palamas
Gregory Palamas
Greece
Archbishop of Thessalonica, medieval mystic
 Gregory XI
Gregory XI
Italy
Pope from December 30, 1370 to March 27, 1378
 Gregory II
Gregory II
Turkey
Patriarch of Constantinople (1283-1289).
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
 Theophan the Recluse
Theophan the Recluse
Russia
Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church; theologian, publicist and preacher