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Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine

St. Augustine

Christian bishop and theologian

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

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Origen

Christian theologian

José de Ribera: Saint Jerome

St. Jerome

Christian scholar

St. Ignatius of Antioch

St. Ignatius of Antioch

Syrian bishop

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St. Clement of Alexandria

Christian theologian

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, woodcut, 1537.

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

Roman scholar, philosopher, and statesman

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Tertullian

Christian theologian

St. Ambrose

St. Ambrose

bishop of Milan

St. Basil the Great

St. Basil the Great

bishop of Caesarea

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St. Cyprian

Christian theologian and bishop [died 258]

St. Gregory of Nazianzus

St. Gregory of Nazianzus

Byzantine theologian

St. Athanasius

Egyptian theologian

St. Gregory of Nyssa

Saint Gregory of Nyssa

Byzantine philosopher and theologian

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St. Irenaeus

bishop of Lyon

St. John Chrysostom

St. John Chrysostom

archbishop of Constantinople

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Eusebius of Caesarea

Christian bishop and historian

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St. Justin Martyr

Christian apologist

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St. Cyril of Alexandria

Christian theologian

Holy week. Easter. Valladolid. Procession of Nazarenos carry a cross during the Semana Santa (Holy week before Easter) in Valladolid, Spain. Good Friday

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