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Also Known As Marcion of Sinope
Flourished 101 - 200
Founder Marcionites
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St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas
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Gregory VII excommunicating Henry IV
St. Gregory VII
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Pope Francis
Francis
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Søren Kierkegaard
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Innocent III
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John XXIII
St. John XXIII
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