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Key People

St. Benedict
Italian monk

Saint Odo of Cluny
French abbot

Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
Spanish cardinal

St. Anthony of Egypt
Egyptian monk

Saint Nilus of Ancyra
Greek abbot

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

Pelagius
Christian theologian

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