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Lindisfarne Gospels

Painting of Saint Francis of Assisi in a brown robe with a halo, looking upward toward a seraph in the sky, set against a gold background.

Map depicting the routes of St. Paul's four missionary journeys in the eastern Mediterranean during Biblical times, with each journey shown in a different color. The map covers regions including Italy, Greece, Asia Minor (modern Turkey), Cyprus, Crete, and the Levant, highlighting key cities such as Rome, Athens, Ephesus, Antioch, and Jerusalem.

Interior view of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, showing its grand domed ceiling, ornate gold mosaics, large roundels with Arabic calligraphy, and visitors on the floor below.

Fresco by Domenico Ghirlandaio showing Saint Jerome with a white beard and red robe, seated at a desk writing in his study, surrounded by books and scholarly objects.

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Illustration of Jesus Christ with a radiant halo, surrounded by colorful, patterned Easter eggs, symbolizing the connection between Easter eggs and the Christian holiday.

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St. Paul the Apostle

Christian Apostle

Martin Buber

Martin Buber

German religious philosopher

Jan Hus

Jan Hus

Bohemian religious leader

German theologian, scientist, and philosopher St. Albertus Magnus

St. Albertus Magnus

German theologian, scientist, and philosopher

Nikolaus Ludwig, Graf (count) von Zinzendorf

Nikolaus Ludwig, count von Zinzendorf

German religious leader

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Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite

Syrian author

Jerome of Prague

Jerome of Prague

Czech philosopher

Statue of Vladimir I in Kiev, Ukraine, showing a robed figure holding a large cross, standing atop a decorated pedestal against a clear blue sky.

Vladimir I

grand prince of Kyiv

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Theōdūrus Abū Qurrah

Syrian bishop

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Nikolay Aleksandrovich Berdyayev

Russian philosopher

David I

David I

king of Scotland

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Keshab Chunder Sen

Hindu philosopher and social reformer

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Saint Theophilus of Alexandria

Egyptian theologian

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Olaf II Haraldsson

king of Norway

William Carey

William Carey

British missionary

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Michael Psellus

Byzantine philosopher, theologian, and statesman

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Mary Hannah Fulton

American physician and missionary

Susan Lincoln Tolman Mills.

Susan Lincoln Tolman Mills

American missionary and educator

Joseph Brant

Joseph Brant

Mohawk chief

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Minh Mang

emperor of Vietnam

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Christ as Ruler, with the Apostles and Evangelists (represented by the beasts). The female figures are believed to be either Santa Pudenziana and Santa Praxedes or symbols of the Jewish and Gentile churches. Mosaic in the apse of Santa Pudenziana, Rome,A

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