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St. Athanasius

Egyptian theologian

St. Gregory of Tours

Frankish scholar

Adso of Montier-en-Der

Benedictine monk and abbot

Perpetua

Christian martyr

Sulpicius Severus

Christian ascetic

Venantius Fortunatus

French poet and bishop

Saint Adamnan

Irish abbot and scholar

Callistus

patriarch of Constantinople

Jean Bolland

Belgian Jesuit

John Capgrave

English scholar

Hippolyte Delehaye

Belgian scholar

Alban Butler

English priest and educator

Paul Sabatier

French historian

Simeon Metaphrastes

Byzantine hagiographer

Johannes Jørgensen

Danish author

Guernes de Pont-Sainte-Maxence

French author