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Born August 3, 1901 • Poland
Died May 28, 1981 (aged 79) • Warsaw • Poland

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John Paul II
St. John Paul II
pope
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Bolesław I
king of Poland
Michał Heller
Michał Heller
Polish priest and mathematical cosmologist
Jadwiga
Jadwiga
queen of Poland
Hugo Kołłątaj
Hugo Kołłątaj
Polish priest
St. Stanislaus of Kraków
St. Stanislaus of Kraków
Polish saint
Stanisław Konarski
Stanisław Konarski
Polish priest
Angelus Silesius.
Angelus Silesius
German poet
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Wawrzyniec Goślicki
Polish bishop
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Sheldon Glueck
American criminologist
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Wojciech Adalbert Zywny
Polish musician
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Antoine Arnauld
French lawyer
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Catherine Arnauld
French nun
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Melchior de Polignac
French clergyman and statesman
Painting by Albrecht Durer of Charlemagne in ornate coronation robes and crown, holding a sword and orb, with gold embroidery and regal symbols behind him.
Charlemagne
Holy Roman emperor [747?–814]
Painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres showing Joan of Arc in armor holding a banner at an altar during the coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, with figures praying behind her.
St. Joan of Arc
French heroine
St. Peter the Apostle
St. Peter the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Gregory VII excommunicating Henry IV
St. Gregory VII
pope
Gabriel Marcel
Gabriel Marcel
French philosopher and author
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