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Selected Catholic Religious Leaders

  • ílfric, English writer and Benedictine monk Abbo of Fleury, French monk at the abbey of Fleury Absalon, Danish churchman, archbishop of Lund Adalbert, German churchman Ademar, French prelate Ailly, Pierre d’, French theologian and writer Alcuin, English churchman and educator Aleksy II, Russian Orthodox clergyman Allouez, Claude Jean, French Jesuit missionary in Canada and the American Midwest Amyot or Amiot, Joseph, French Roman Catholic missionary in China Anchieta, José de, Brazilian Jesuit missionary André, Brother, Canadian Roman Catholic mystic Antoine, Pí¨re, Spanish priest in New OrleansAresson, Areson, or Arason, Jon, Icelandic churchman Arius, Libyan theologian, founder of the Arian heresy Arnauld, rench family involved in Jansenism Arnold of Brescia, Italian monk and reformer Aymer of Valence, Bishop of Winchester Baraga, Frederic, Roman Catholic missionary to the Native Americans of Upper Michigan Barberini, Francesco, Italian prelate and Orientalist Bar-Hebraeus, Gregorius, Syrian scholar Baronius, Caesar, Italian ecclesiastical historian Bartholomew I, Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople Beaton or Bethune, David, Scottish churchman Bembo, Pietro, Italian humanist Berdyaev, Nicholas, Russian theologian and religious philosopher Berengar of Tours, French theologian Bessarion, Byzantine humanist Biard, Pierre, French Jesuit missionary Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne, French prelate Butler, Alban, English Roman Catholic priest Cajetan, Italian prelate Campeggio, Lorenzo, Italian churchman and diplomat, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church Capgrave, John, English author and Augustinian friar Carpini, Giovanni de Piano, Italian traveler and Franciscan monk Carroll, John, American Roman Catholic churchman Cassian, John, an Eastern Christian monk and theologian who brought Eastern spirituality to the West Challoner, Richard, English Roman Catholic prelate Charlevoix, Pierre Franí§ois Xavier de, French Jesuit traveler and historian Charron, Pierre, French Roman Catholic theologian and philosopher Chaumonot, Joseph Marie, French Jesuit missionary to the New World Cheverus, Jean Louis Anne Madeleine Lefebvre de, French churchman Clement of Alexandria, Greek theologian Cressy, Hugh Paulinus, English Benedictine monk Dablon, Claude, French Jesuit missionary in North America Damien, Father, Belgian missionary priest David, John Baptist Mary, French missionary in the United States De Smet, Pierre Jean, Jesuit missionary in the U.S. Pacific Northwest Didon, Henri, French Dominican preacher and writer Dollier de Casson, Franí§ois, priest and explorer in Canada Duchesne, Louis Marie Olivier, French Roman Catholic ecclesiastic Eck, Johann Maier von, German Roman Catholic theologian Eckhart, Meister, German mystical theologian England, John, Irish Roman Catholic churchman in America Eusebius of Caesarea, Greek apologist and church historian Eusebius of Nicomedia, Christian churchman and theologian Eutyches, archimandrite in Constantinople Faber, Frederick William, English theologian and hymn writer Fenwick, Edward Dominic, American Roman Catholic prelate Fleury, Claude, French ecclesiastical historian Fonseca, Juan Rodrí­guez de, Spanish prelate. Chaplain to Isabella and Ferdinand Foucauld, Charles, vicomte de, French priest and missionary in the Sahara Gallitzin, Demetrius Augustine, American frontier missionary; Gasparri, Pietro, Italian churchman Gerson, John, French ecclesiastical statesman and writer Grégoire, Henri, French priest Gratian, Italian legal scholar Groote, Gerard or Geert, Dutch Roman Catholic reformer Grosseteste, Robert, English prelate Hugel, Friedrich, Baron von, British Roman Catholic religious writer Harnack, Adolf von, German theologian and church historian Hecker, Isaac Thomas, American Roman Catholic priest Hergenröther, Joseph Adam Gustav, German theologian and scholar Hildebert of Lavardin, French churchman, bishop of Le Mans Hincmar, Frankish canonist and theologian Hughes, John Joseph, American Roman Catholic churchman Ireland, John, American Roman Catholic prelate Jacobus da Varagine, Italian hagiographer Jansen, Cornelis, Dutch Roman Catholic theologian Juliana of Norwich, English mystics Kenrick, Francis Patrick, American Roman Catholic churchman Lacombe, Albert, French Canadian Roman Catholic missionary Lacordaire, Jean Baptiste Henri, French Roman Catholic preacher and liberal Lactantius, Lucius Caelius Firmianus, Christian author and apologist Lainez, Diego, Spanish theologian Lamennais or La Mennais, Félicité Robert de, French Roman Catholic apologist and liberal Lamy, Jean Baptiste, Roman Catholic archbishop in the U.S. Southwest Lanfranc, Italian churchman and theologian, archbishop of Canterbury Langton, Stephen, English prelate, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne, American nun Laval, Franí§ois Xavier de, French prelate in Canada Lavigerie, Charles Martial Allemand, French churchman Lefí¨vre d’Étaples, Jacques, French theologian and humanist Loisy, Alfred Firmin, French theologian Mabillon, Jean, French scholar Machebeuf, Joseph Projectus, French missionary in the American Southwest Manning, Henry Edward, English churchman Marcion, early Christian bishop, founder of the Marcionites Marie de l’Incarnation, French missionary Mazzuchelli, Samuel Charles, Italian missionary in America Mercier, Désiré Joseph, Belgian churchman Merton, Thomas, American religious writer and poet Migne, Jacques Paul, French publisher of theological works Milic of Kremsier, Bohemian reformer Molay, Jacques de, last grand master of the Knights Templars Molina, Luis, Spanish Jesuit theologian Newman, John Henry, English churchman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church Nicole, Pierre, French Jansenist writer Nikon, Russian churchman Orosius, Paulus, Iberian priest, theologian, and historian Ozanam, Antoine Frédéric, French Roman Catholic scholar Pandulf, Italian churchman Papias, early Christian theologian Petavius, Dionysius, French Jesuit theologian and philologist Peter Lombard, Italian theologian Photius, Greek churchman and theologian, patriarch of Constantinople Pire, Georges Henri, Belgian priest Rabanus Maurus Magnentius, German scholar and theologian Rancé, Armand Jean le Bouthillier de, French religious reformer Richard of Saint Victor, Scottish monk and mystic Rolle of Hampole, Richard, English religious writer Rosmini-Serbati, Antonio, Italian theologian Ruysbroeck, John, Roman Catholic mystic Sabellius, Christian priest and theologian Salvian, Christian writer of Gaul Savonarola, Girolamo, Italian religious reformer Serra, Juní­pero, Spanish Franciscan missionary in North America Servetus, Michael, Spanish theologian and physician Sheen, Fulton John, American Roman Catholic clergyman Spellman, Francis Joseph, American Roman Catholic cardinal Stepinac, Aloysius, Yugoslav prelate Suárez, Francisco, Spanish Jesuit philosopher Suso, Heinrich, German mystic Tauler, Johannes, German mystic Teresa, Mother, Roman Catholic missionary in India Tertullian, Roman theologian and Christian apologist Tetzel, Johann, German preacher Theodore of Mopsuestia, Syrian Christian theologian, bishop Thomas í  Kempis, German monk Tunstall or Tonstall, Cuthbert, English bishop Ulfilas, Gothic bishop Vaughan, Herbert, English churchman Vieira, Antonio, Portuguese Jesuit orator and missionary Vincent of Beauvais, French Dominican friar Ward, William George, English Roman Catholic apologist Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick Stephen, English prelate Zumárraga, Juan de, Spanish churchman

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