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Also Known As	Holy Maid of Kent • Nun of Kent
Born	c.1506 • Kent • England
Died	April 21, 1534 • London • England

Michael Servetus

Michael Servetus

Spanish theologian

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Saint Gilbert of Sempringham

Roman Catholic priest

St. Thomas Becket

St. Thomas Becket

archbishop of Canterbury

St. John Henry Newman

St. John Henry Newman

British theologian

Godfrey Kneller: painting of James II

James II

king of England, Scotland, and Ireland

John Wycliffe

John Wycliffe

English theologian

William of Ockham

William of Ockham

English philosopher

Painting by Anthonis Mor of Mary I of England seated on an ornate chair, wearing a dark gown with gold embroidery, a jeweled necklace, and holding a red rose.

Mary I

queen of England

Thomas Cardinal Wolsey

Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey

English cardinal and statesman

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Saint Wilfrid

English saint

Reginald Pole, detail of a portrait attributed to Fra Sebastiano del Piombo; in a private collection

Reginald Pole

archbishop of Canterbury

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Stephen Gardiner

English bishop and statesman

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Stephen Langton

archbishop of Canterbury

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Saint John Fisher

English priest

Alcuin

Alcuin

Anglo-Saxon scholar

St. Edmund

St. Edmund of Abingdon

archbishop of Canterbury

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Hubert Walter

archbishop of Canterbury

George Jeffreys, detail of an oil painting attributed to H. Claret; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys

English judge

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Nicholas Of Hereford

English scholar

George Calvert, 1st Baron of Baltimore, engraving

George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore

British statesman