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Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
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Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
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Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
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John Donne
English poet and cleric (1572-1631)
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John Amos Comenius
Czech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer (1592-1670)
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Anselm of Canterbury
11th‑century Benedictine monk, Archbishop of Canterbury, philosopher and theologian
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Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
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Bede
Bede (; ; 672/326 May 735), also known as the Venerable Bede or Bede the Venerable, was an English monk, author and scholar. He was one of the best known writers during the Early Middle Ages, and his most famous work, Ecclesiastical History of the English People, gained him the title "The Father of English History". He served at the monastery of St Peter and its companion monastery of St Paul in the Kingdom of Northumbria of the Angles.
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John of the Cross
Spanish mystic and Roman Catholic saint (1542–1591)
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Philipp Melanchthon
German reformer (1497-1560)
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident (1906–1945)
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Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, the other patron saints being Brigid of Kildare and Columba. He is also the patron saint of Nigeria. Patrick is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, the Church of Ireland, Lutheranism, and in the Eastern Orthodox Church, where he is regarded as equal-to-the-apostles and Enlightener of Ireland.
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John Wesley
founder of the Methodist movement (1703-1791)
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Bridget of Sweden
Swedish nun, mystic, and saint (c.1303–1373)
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George Herbert
Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest (1593-1633)
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Thomas Cranmer
leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury
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Óscar Romero
fourth archbishop of San Salvador (1917–1980)
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Mikael Agricola
Finnish clergyman and de facto founder of literary Finnish
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Nathan Söderblom
Swedish clergyman and archbishop (1866–1931)
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Eric IX of Sweden
12th-century Swedish King and Saint
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Frederick III of Saxony
Elector and Duke of Saxony (1463-1525)
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Nicolaus Zinzendorf
German protestant religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church (1700-1760)
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Jonathan Edwards
Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian (1703-1758)
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Ansgar
Ansgar (8 September 801 – 3 February 865), also known as Anskar, Saint Ansgar, Saint Anschar or Oscar, was Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen in the northern part of the Kingdom of the East Franks. Ansgar became known as the "Apostle of the North" because of his travels and the See of Hamburg received the missionary mandate to bring Christianity to Northern Europe.
Charles Wesley
English Methodist and hymn writer (1707-1788)
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Johannes Bugenhagen
German theologian; (1485-1558)
Henry
bishop of Finland
Olaus Petri
clergyman, writer, judge and major contributor to the Protestant Reformation in Sweden
Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney
Earl of Orkney from 1106 to c. 1117
Toyohiko Kagawa
Japanese Christian social reformer (1888–1960)
Benedict the Moor
Italian-born African Franciscan friar in Sicily
Hans Nielsen Hauge
Norwegian Lutheran clergyman
Laurentius Petri
Swedish clergyman
Johann Gerhard
Lutheran theologian
Eivind Berggrav
Norwegian bishop
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C. F. W. Walther
Founding President of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, Lutheran Theologian, Publisher
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Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe
Lutheran pastor, Theologian, Professor of Theology (1808–1872)
Onesimos Nesib
Ethiopian evangelist, Bible translator, author, and educator
Amalie Sieveking
German philanthropist and social reformer (1794-1859)
F. C. D. Wyneken
Lutheran missionary, Pastor, American Frontier Circuit Rider, Church Body President (1810-1876)
Elizabeth Fedde
Norwegian Lutheran deaconess