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Also Known As Johann Maier
Born November 13, 1486 • Germany
Died February 10, 1543 (aged 56) • Ingolstadt • Germany
Subjects Of Study Roman Catholicism • papal primacy

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Nicholas Of Cusa
Christian scholar
Gregory IX consecrating the chapel of St. Gregory, detail of a fresco, 13th century; in the lower church of Sacro Speco, Subiaco, Italy
Gregory IX
pope
Antoine Arnauld
French theologian
Nicole, detail of an engraving by Cornelius Vermeulen after a painting by Elisabeth Cheron
Pierre Nicole
French theologian
Pope Benedict XVI
Benedict XVI
pope
Eugen Drewermann
German theologian, psychotherapist, and priest
Johannes Cochlaeus
German humanist
Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim
German theologian
Gottschalk Of Orbais
Roman Catholic theologian
Hieronymus Emser
German theologian
Franz Xaver von Baader
German theologian
Georg Hermes
German theologian
Desiderius Erasmus
Erasmus
Dutch humanist
St. Gregory the Great
pope
Innocent III
Innocent III
pope
St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish saint
Jan Hus
Jan Hus
Bohemian religious leader
Newman, John Henry
St. John Henry Newman
British theologian
John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe
English theologian
William of Ockham
English philosopher