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Also Known As Ormin
Flourished c.1200 -
Notable Works “Ormulum”
Subjects Of Study Middle English language • orthography
Origen
Christian theologian
John Donne
English poet
Ronald Knox, pen and ink drawing by P. Evans, c. 1926; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Ronald Knox
British theologian
Spurgeon, detail of an oil painting by Alexander Melville, 19th century; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
C.H. Spurgeon
English minister
Pitman, detail of an oil painting by A.S. Cope; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Isaac Pitman
English educator and inventor
Terence Tiller
British writer
John Bampton
English clergyman
Frederick William Robertson
British clergyman
Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine
St. Augustine
Christian bishop and theologian
Philo Judaeus
Philo Judaeus
Jewish philosopher
Bossuet, detail of an oil painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1698; in the Uffizi, Florence
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
French bishop
St. Ambrose
St. Ambrose
bishop of Milan
St. Basil, detail of a mosaic, 12th century; in the Palatine Chapel, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
St. Basil the Great
bishop of Caesarea
Meister Eckhart
German theologian and mystic
St. John Chrysostom
St. John Chrysostom
archbishop of Constantinople
The patron saint of Portugal; Padua, Italy; and lost things
St. Anthony of Padua
Portuguese friar
Vieira, António
António Vieira
Portuguese author and diplomat
The Power of Positive Thinking
Norman Vincent Peale
American religious leader
Karadžić, Vuk Stefanović
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić
Serbian language scholar
Pietro Bembo
Italian cardinal and writer