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Also Known As Petrus Faber • Pierre Favre • Pierre Lefevre
Born April 13, 1506 • France
Died August 1, 1546 (aged 40) • Rome • Italy
Founder Jesuits
Yves Congar
French priest
Suárez, Francisco
Francisco Suárez
Spanish theologian and philosopher
St. Robert Bellarmine
Italian cardinal
Murray, John Courtney
American theologian
Ignacio Ellacuría
Spanish-born El Salvadorian priest, philosopher, and theologian, and human rights activist
José de Acosta
Spanish theologian
George Tyrrell
Irish theologian
Karl Rahner
German theologian
St. Peter Canisius
Jesuit scholar
Luis de Molina, engraving by F.G. Wolffgang
Luis de Molina
Spanish theologian
Antonio Escobar y Mendoza
Spanish theologian
Hermann Busenbaum
German theologian
John Calvin
John Calvin
French theologian
Peter Abelard, with Héloïse, miniature portrait by Jean de Meun, 14th century; in the Musee Conde, Chantilly, France.
Peter Abelard
French theologian and poet
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
French abbot
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher and paleontologist
Humbert of Silva Candida
French cardinal
Malebranche
Nicolas Malebranche
French priest
Gerson, engraving
Jean de Gerson
French theologian
Nicholas Of Autrecourt
French philosopher and theologian