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Born January 6, 1920 • North Korea
Died September 3, 2012 (aged 92) • South Korea
Founder Unification Church
Notable Works “The Divine Principle”
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
St. Peter the Apostle
St. Peter the Apostle
Christian Apostle
St. Luke the Evangelist
St. Luke
biblical author
Copy of Donatello's Saint Mark
St. Mark
Christian saint
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St. Silas
Christian prophet
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Paramārtha
Indian Buddhist missionary and translator
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Johann Gerhardt Oncken
German missionary
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Saint Methodius
Christian theologian
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Francisco Garcés
Spanish missionary
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Luther Rice
American missionary
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Saint Cyril
Christian theologian
Medina, Saudi Arabia: Prophet's Mosque
Muhammad
prophet of Islam
St. Gregory the Great
St. Gregory the Great
pope
The prophet Isaiah
Isaiah
Hebrew prophet
Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards
American theologian
Pope Leo XIV
Leo XIV
pope
Painting by Rembrandt van Rijn showing Jeremiah sitting in a dimly lit cave, head resting on his hand in sorrow, with Jerusalem burning in the background.
Jeremiah
Hebrew prophet
Guru Gobind Singh, 18th century, Punjab
Guru Gobind Singh
Sikh Guru
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Spanish historian and missionary
Mary Baker Eddy
Mary Baker Eddy
American religious leader