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Also Known As Saint Bruno of Cologne
Born c.1030 • Cologne • Germany
Died October 6, 1101 • Calabria • Italy
Founder Carthusians

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Pope Benedict XVI
Benedict XVI
pope
Edith Stein
Edith Stein
German nun
Nicholas Of Cusa
Christian scholar
Blessed Clemens August, Graf von Galen
German bishop
Eugen Drewermann
German theologian, psychotherapist, and priest
Eck, Johann
Johann Eck
German theologian
Athanasius Kircher
Athanasius Kircher
German Jesuit priest and scholar
Görres, oil painting by Joseph Anton Settegast
Joseph von Görres
German writer
Adalbert
archbishop of Bremen
Dalberg, Karl Theodor von
Karl Theodor von Dalberg
German archbishop and statesman
Johannes Cochlaeus
German humanist
Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim
German theologian
Jakob Frohschammer
German priest and philosopher
Matthäus Lang
German statesman and cardinal
Saint Bruno of Querfurt
Saxon bishop
Gottschalk Of Orbais
Roman Catholic theologian
Faulhaber
Michael von Faulhaber
German cardinal
Gotthard, Saint
Saint Gotthard
Bavarian archbishop
Saint Bruno the Great
archbishop of Cologne
Hieronymus Emser
German theologian