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Born c.1090 • France
Died April 18, 1161
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Melchior de Polignac
French clergyman and statesman
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Christopher
duke of Württemberg
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Antoine Arnauld
French lawyer
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Catherine Arnauld
French nun
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Henri Arnauld
French bishop
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]
John Paul II
St. John Paul II
pope
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
Pope Francis
Francis
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
St. Gregory the Great
St. Gregory the Great
pope
Full-length portrait of Cardinal Richelieu by Philippe de Champaigne, showing him in red clerical robes holding a red book, standing beside a balustrade with a draped curtain behind.
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Innocent III
Innocent III
pope
John XXIII
St. John XXIII
pope
Photograph of Pope Pius IX
Pius IX
pope
French philosopher Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
French philosopher and scientist
Pius XII
Pius XII
pope