Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene

female
Mary Magdalene is described, both in the canonical New Testament and in the New Testament apocrypha, as a devoted disciple of Jesus. She is...
John Calvin

John Calvin

male, deceased (1564)
John Calvin (July 10, 1509 - May 27, 1564) was a French Protestant theologian during the Protestant Reformation and was a central developer of the...
John Chrysostom

John Chrysostom

male, deceased (407)
John Chrysostom (349- ca. 407,, "Ioannes Chrysostomos") was the archbishop of Constantinople. He is known for his eloquence in preaching and public...
Paul Gerhardt

Paul Gerhardt

male, deceased (1676)
Paul Gerhardt, was a German hymn writer. He is commemorated as a hymnwriter in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church on October 26 with...
Johann Gerhard

Johann Gerhard

male, deceased (1637)
Johann Gerhard, was a Lutheran church leader and theologian. He was born in the German city of Quedlinburg. At the age of fourteen, during a...

Heinrich Schütz

male, deceased (1672)
Heinrich Schütz (October 8 (JC), 1585 Köstritz - November 6, 1672 Dresden) was a German composer and organist, generally regarded as the most im...
Joseph Of Arimathea

Joseph Of Arimathea

male
Joseph of Arimathea was, according to the Gospels, the man who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus after Jesus was crucified. A...
Katharina von Bora

Katharina von Bora

female, deceased (1552)
Katharina (Katherine) von Bora was a German Catholic nun who became the wife of Martin Luther, the leader of the Protestant Reformation, who often...
Georg Philipp Telemann

Georg Philipp Telemann

male, deceased (1767)
Georg Philipp Telemann (March 14, 1681 - June 25, 1767) was a German Baroque music composer, born in Magdeburg. Self-taught in music, he studied...
Athanasius Of Alexandria

Athanasius Of Alexandria

male, deceased (373)
Athanasius of Alexandria was a Christian bishop, the Bishop of Alexandria, in the fourth century. He is revered as a saint by the Roman Catholic...