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Born September 25, 1627 • Dijon • France
Died April 12, 1704 (aged 76) • Paris • France
Subjects Of Study Gallicanism • divine right of kings

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Bossuet, detail of an oil painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1698; in the Uffizi, Florence
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Dupin, engraving
Louis Ellies Dupin
French historian
Bourdaloue, Louis
Louis Bourdaloue
French priest
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Valdes
French religious leader
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Origen
Christian theologian
St. John Chrysostom
St. John Chrysostom
archbishop of Constantinople
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Antoine Court
French minister
Painting of Saint Anthony of Padua in a brown Franciscan robe, holding a lily in his left hand and the child Jesus seated on an open book in his right arm, with a village and sky in the background.
St. Anthony of Padua
Portuguese friar
Vieira, António
António Vieira
Portuguese author and diplomat
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Piotr Skarga
Polish Jesuit
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Saint Caesarius of Arles
Roman Catholic saint
Spurgeon, detail of an oil painting by Alexander Melville, 19th century; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
C.H. Spurgeon
English minister
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John Caird
British theologian
Charles Le Brun: Portrait of King Louis XIV
Louis XIV
king of France
Portrait painting by Fra Bartolomeo of Girolamo Savonarola in profile, wearing a dark hooded robe, set against a black background with a Latin inscription below.
Girolamo Savonarola
Italian preacher
St. Dominic
St. Dominic
Spanish priest
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John Milíč
Bohemian theologian
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St. John of Ávila
Spanish religious reformer
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Magnus Felix Ennodius
Italian bishop and writer
Guillaume Farel.
Guillaume Farel
French religious leader
Peter the Hermit
Peter the Hermit
French ascetic

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