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Also Known As Oengus the Culdee
Flourished 801 - 900
Saint Benedict of Aniane
French bishop
St. Gregory the Great
pope
Bonaventura Berlinghieri: St. Francis and Scenes from His Life
St. Francis of Assisi
Italian saint
Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
Spanish cardinal
Saint Dunstan of Canterbury
English archbishop
Jacqueline-Marie-Angélique Arnauld
French abbess
Mary Of The Incarnation
French mystic
stained glass window depicting St. Brigid of Ireland
St. Brigid of Ireland
Irish saint
John Dominic Crossan
Irish-born American theologian
John Hume
John Hume
Irish leader
St. Malachy
St. Malachy
Irish archbishop
Statue of Edmund Ignatius Rice
Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice
Irish missionary
Marymount School, New York
Mother Marie Joseph Butler
Irish Roman Catholic nun
John Scotus Erigena
Irish philosopher
George Tyrrell
Irish theologian
Sister Julia McGroarty
American religious leader
Nicholas Wiseman
English cardinal
Saint Fursey
Irish saint
Mary McAleese
Mary McAleese
president of Ireland
John England
American bishop