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Born June 20, 1940 (age 86) • Germany
Pope Benedict XVI, wearing white papal robes and a gold cross, raises his right hand in blessing while smiling at a crowd in Rome, Italy.
Benedict XVI
pope
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Nicholas Of Cusa
cardinal, scientist, scholar, and philosopher
Eck, Johann
Johann Eck
German theologian
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Johannes Cochlaeus
German humanist
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Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim
German theologian
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Gottschalk Of Orbais
Roman Catholic theologian
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Hieronymus Emser
German theologian
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Franz Xaver von Baader
German theologian
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Georg Hermes
German theologian
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
St. Gregory the Great
St. Gregory the Great
pope
Engraving by Lucas Vorsterman after Peter Paul Rubens showing St. Ignatius of Loyola with a halo, hands clasped in prayer before a crucifix and open book.
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish saint
St. John Henry Newman
St. John Henry Newman
British theologian
Jan Hus
Jan Hus
Bohemian religious leader
John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe
English theologian
William of Ockham
William of Ockham
English philosopher
Jansen, engraving by Jean Morin
Cornelius Otto Jansen
Flemish theologian
Peter Abelard, with Héloïse, miniature portrait by Jean de Meun, 14th century; in the Musee Conde, Chantilly, France.
Peter Abelard
French theologian and poet
Yves Congar, c. 1964
Yves Congar
French priest
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Joachim Of Fiore
Italian theologian