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Born April 24, 1581 • France
Died September 27, 1660 (aged 79) • Paris • France
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Saint Benedict of Aniane
French bishop
Henri Arnauld
French bishop
Catherine Arnauld
French nun
Antoine Arnauld
French lawyer
Melchior de Polignac
French clergyman and statesman
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: painting of Joan of Arc
St. Joan of Arc
French heroine
Gabriel Marcel
Gabriel Marcel
French philosopher and author
The Red Eminence
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
French philosopher and scientist
Henry IV, undated copperplate engraving.
Henry IV
king of France
Jules Cardinal Mazarin
Jules, Cardinal Mazarin
French cardinal and statesman
Sylvester II, detail from the ivory vessel used at the consecration of Otto III, 996; in the Domschatzkammer des Aachener Domes, Aachen, Ger.
Sylvester II
pope
Bossuet, detail of an oil painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1698; in the Uffizi, Florence
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
French bishop
Peter Abelard, with Héloïse, miniature portrait by Jean de Meun, 14th century; in the Musee Conde, Chantilly, France.
Peter Abelard
French theologian and poet
Yves Congar
French priest
Urban II
Urban II
pope
Suger, detail of a stained glass window, 12th century; in the abbey church of Saint-Denis, Fr.
Suger
French abbot
Nicholas Oresme
French bishop, scholar, and economist
Nicholas II
Nicholas II
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