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St. Athanasius
St. Athanasius
Egyptian theologian
St. Gregory of Tours
Frankish scholar
Adso of Montier-en-Der
Benedictine monk and abbot
Perpetua
Christian martyr
Sulpicius Severus
Christian ascetic
Venantius Fortunatus
French poet and bishop
Saint Adamnan
Irish abbot and scholar
Callistus
patriarch of Constantinople
Jean Bolland
Belgian Jesuit
John Capgrave
English scholar
Hippolyte Delehaye
Belgian scholar
Alban Butler, detail from an engraving by J.W. Cook, 18th century.
Alban Butler
English priest and educator
Paul Sabatier
French historian
Johannes Jørgensen
Danish author
Simeon Metaphrastes
Byzantine hagiographer
Guernes de Pont-Sainte-Maxence
French author