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Also Known As Stanisław Hozjusz
Born May 5, 1504 • Kraków • Poland
Died August 5, 1579 (aged 75) • Italy
Role In Counter-Reformation
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
Philipp Melanchthon
Philipp Melanchthon
German theologian
Martin Bucer, medal by Friedrich Hagenauer, 1543; in the Archives and Library of the City of Strasbourg.
Martin Bucer
Protestant religious reformer
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St. Robert Bellarmine
Italian cardinal
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Petro Mohyla
Orthodox theologian
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St. Peter Canisius
Jesuit scholar
Heinrich Bullinger
Heinrich Bullinger
Swiss religious reformer
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Henry Ainsworth
British theologian
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Gasparo Contarini
Venetian scholar, theologian, diplomat, and Roman Catholic cardinal
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Abraham Joshua Heschel
Jewish theologian
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Piotr Skarga
Polish Jesuit
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Andrzej Modrzewski
Polish author
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Sergius of Resaina
Syrian theologian
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German religious leader
Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine
St. Augustine
Christian bishop and theologian
John Calvin
John Calvin
French theologian
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas
Italian Christian theologian and philosopher
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
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