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Also Known As Stanisław Hozjusz
Born May 5, 1504 • Kraków • Poland
Died August 5, 1579 (aged 75) • Italy
Role In Counter-Reformation
St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish saint
Philipp Melanchthon
Philipp Melanchthon
German theologian
Martin Bucer, medal by Friedrich Hagenauer, 1543; in the Archives and Library of the City of Strasbourg.
Martin Bucer
Protestant religious reformer
St. Robert Bellarmine
Italian cardinal
Petro Mohyla
Orthodox theologian
St. Peter Canisius
Jesuit scholar
Heinrich Bullinger
Heinrich Bullinger
Swiss religious reformer
Henry Ainsworth
British theologian
Gasparo Contarini
Venetian scholar, theologian, diplomat, and Roman Catholic cardinal
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Jewish theologian
Piotr Skarga
Polish Jesuit
Andrzej Modrzewski
Polish author
Sergius of Resaina
Syrian theologian
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German religious leader
Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine
St. Augustine
Christian bishop and theologian
John Calvin
John Calvin
French theologian
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas
Italian Christian theologian and philosopher
Desiderius Erasmus
Erasmus
Dutch humanist
St. Gregory the Great
pope

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