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Born c.1125
Died 1194 • Paris • France
Notable Works “Anatomy of the Body of Christ” • “Microcosmus” • “The Fount of Philosophy”
Subjects Of Study microcosm
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas
Italian Christian theologian and philosopher
Theodore Beza
Theodore Beza
French theologian
Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine
St. Augustine
Christian bishop and theologian
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Theodulf of Orléans
bishop and poet
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Adso of Montier-en-Der
Benedictine monk and abbot
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St. Hilary of Poitiers
bishop of Poitiers
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Alain de Lille
French theologian
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Francis Of Meyronnes
French philosopher
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Henry of Ghent
French philosopher
Marble bust of Marcus Tullius Cicero, shown with short hair and draped clothing, displayed against a black background.
Cicero
Roman statesman, scholar, and writer
Engraving of Petrarch wearing a laurel wreath and a robe, holding a closed book in his left hand.
Petrarch
Italian poet
German dramatist and critic Gotthold Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
German author
St. John Henry Newman
St. John Henry Newman
British theologian
Lucretius
Lucretius
Latin poet and philosopher
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Tyconius
Christian theologian
The second founder of the Franciscans, St. Bonaventure
Saint Bonaventure
Italian theologian
Ramon Llull.
Ramon Llull
Catalan mystic
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Lucius Apuleius
Roman philosopher and scholar
Portrait of Gilbert Keith Chesterton wearing glasses and a suit, with a mustache and tousled hair, looking directly at the camera.
G.K. Chesterton
British author
N.F.S. Grundtvig
N.F.S. Grundtvig
Danish bishop and poet

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