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Also Known As Ioan Marina
Born February 22, 1901 • Romania
Died March 26, 1977 (aged 76) • Bucharest • Romania
Robert Duncan
American Anglican clergyman
George Bell, c. 1944
George Kennedy Allen Bell
British clergyman
Pope John XXIII
Saint John XXIII
pope
George Berkeley
George Berkeley
Irish philosopher
Karl Barth
Karl Barth
Swiss theologian
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German theologian
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis
Irish-born author and scholar
Pope Leo XIII
Leo XIII
pope
Pope Innocent IV
Innocent IV
pope
Justin Welby
Justin Welby
archbishop of Canterbury
Yves Congar
French priest
Michael VIII Palaeologus
Byzantine emperor
Nikolaus Ludwig, Graf (count) von Zinzendorf
Nikolaus Ludwig, count von Zinzendorf
German religious leader
Rowan Williams
Rowan Williams
archbishop of Canterbury
Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu
South African archbishop
Peter Akinola
Peter Akinola
Nigerian archbishop
Polkinghorne, John
John Polkinghorne
English physicist and priest
Frederick Denison Maurice
British theologian
Isidore Of Kiev
Greek Orthodox patriarch
Emil Brunner
Swiss theologian