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Born c.1100 • Denmark
Died September 1182 • Clairvaux • France
Absalon
Absalon
Danish archbishop
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Paul Helgesen
Danish humanist
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Henri Arnauld
French bishop
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Antoine Arnauld
French lawyer
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Catherine Arnauld
French nun
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Ib Spang Olsen
Danish author
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Christopher
duke of Württemberg
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Anker Jørgensen
prime minister of Denmark
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Melchior de Polignac
French clergyman and statesman
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Emil Poulsen
Danish actor
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Olaf Poulsen
Danish actor
Painting by Albrecht Durer of Charlemagne in ornate coronation robes and crown, holding a sword and orb, with gold embroidery and regal symbols behind him.
Charlemagne
Holy Roman emperor [747?–814]
John Paul II
St. John Paul II
pope
Painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres showing Joan of Arc in armor holding a banner at an altar during the coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, with figures praying behind her.
St. Joan of Arc
French heroine
St. Peter the Apostle
St. Peter the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Gregory VII excommunicating Henry IV
St. Gregory VII
pope
Gabriel Marcel
Gabriel Marcel
French philosopher and author
Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus, shown in dark robes and cap, writing with a quill at a desk, after Quinten Massijs, oil on panel, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Erasmus
Dutch humanist
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Kierkegaard
Danish philosopher
St. Gregory the Great
St. Gregory the Great
pope