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Born c.470 • near Chalon-sur-Saône • France
Died 542 • Arles • France
Origen
Christian theologian
St. John Chrysostom
St. John Chrysostom
archbishop of Constantinople
Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine
St. Augustine
Christian bishop and theologian
St. Ambrose
St. Ambrose
bishop of Milan
St. Basil, detail of a mosaic, 12th century; in the Palatine Chapel, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
St. Basil the Great
bishop of Caesarea
Bossuet, detail of an oil painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1698; in the Uffizi, Florence
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
French bishop
The patron saint of Portugal; Padua, Italy; and lost things
St. Anthony of Padua
Portuguese friar
Vieira, António
António Vieira
Portuguese author and diplomat
John Oecolampadius
Johann Oecolampadius
German humanist
Piotr Skarga
Polish Jesuit
Spurgeon, detail of an oil painting by Alexander Melville, 19th century; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
C.H. Spurgeon
English minister
John Caird
British theologian
St. Ignatius of Antioch
Syrian bishop
Domenico Ghirlandaio: St. Jerome in His Study
St. Jerome
Christian scholar
St. Clement of Alexandria
Christian theologian
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, woodcut, 1537.
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Roman scholar, philosopher, and statesman
St. Cyprian
Christian theologian and bishop [died 258]
St. Gregory of Nazianzus
St. Gregory of Nazianzus
Byzantine theologian
St. Athanasius
St. Athanasius
Egyptian theologian
St. Gregory of Nyssa
Saint Gregory of Nyssa
Byzantine philosopher and theologian