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Also Known As Saint Hilarius of Poitiers
Born c.315 • Poitiers • France
Died c.367 • Poitiers • France
Subjects Of Study Gaul • Trinity
Nicetas of Remesiana
bishop, theologian, and composer
St. Ambrose
St. Ambrose
bishop of Milan
Prudentius
Christian poet
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas
Italian Christian theologian and philosopher
Saint Ephraem Syrus
Christian theologian
Godfrey of Saint-Victor
French philosopher
Theodore Beza
Theodore Beza
French theologian
Saint Paulinus of Nola
Roman Catholic saint
Alain de Lille
French theologian
Saint Vincent of Lérins
ancient theologian
Newman, John Henry
St. John Henry Newman
British theologian
St. Gregory of Nazianzus
St. Gregory of Nazianzus
Byzantine theologian
St. Gregory of Nyssa
Saint Gregory of Nyssa
Byzantine philosopher and theologian
N.F.S. Grundtvig
N.F.S. Grundtvig
Danish bishop and poet
St. John of Damascus
Christian saint
Keble, chalk drawing by George Richmond, 1863; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Keble
British priest and poet
Walafrid Strabo
Benedictine abbot
Theodulf of Orléans
bishop and poet
Venantius Fortunatus
French poet and bishop
Ekkehard I the Elder
German monk and poet

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