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Flourished c.201 - c.300

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Origen
Christian theologian
Lazarus
New Testament parable figure
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine
St. Augustine
Christian bishop and theologian
St. Peter the Apostle
St. Peter the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Constantine I
Constantine I
Roman emperor
Justinian I
Justinian I
Byzantine emperor
Diocletian
Diocletian
Roman emperor
Antonello da Messina: Madonna and Child
Mary
mother of Jesus
Theodosius I
Theodosius I
Roman emperor
St. Ignatius of Antioch
Syrian bishop
Domenico Ghirlandaio: St. Jerome in His Study
St. Jerome
Christian scholar
Nero
Nero
Roman emperor
Ernest Renan
French scholar
Julian the Apostate, detail of a marble statue; in the Louvre, Paris.
Julian
Roman emperor
St. Clement of Alexandria
Christian theologian
St. Luke
St. Luke
biblical author
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, woodcut, 1537.
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Roman scholar, philosopher, and statesman
Patron saint of Ireland
St. Patrick
bishop and patron saint of Ireland
St. Ambrose
St. Ambrose
bishop of Milan