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Pelagius

Christian theologian

St. Gregory the Great

pope

St. Benedict of Nursia

St. Benedict

Italian monk

Saint Odo of Cluny

French abbot

Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros

Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros

Spanish cardinal

“Saint Anthony”

St. Anthony of Egypt

Egyptian monk

Saint Nilus of Ancyra

Greek abbot

St. John of the Cross

St. John of the Cross

Spanish mystic

Macarius the Egyptian

Egyptian monk

Theodore Ascidas

Greek monk-theologian

Euthymius Of Tŭrnovo

Orthodox patriarch

Saint Dunstan of Canterbury

English archbishop

Saint Theodosius of Palestine

Asian saint

Saint Joseph of Volokolamsk

Russian Orthodox abbot and theologian

Peter the Hermit

Peter the Hermit

French ascetic

Saint Sergius of Radonezh

Russian saint

St. Oswald of York

English saint

Bernard de Cluny

French monk

Philotheus Kokkinos

patriarch of Constantinople

Harriet Starr Cannon

American religious leader