Mircea Eliade

Mircea Eliade

male, deceased (1986)
sacredandprofane, Shamanism, La Nuit Bengali, University of Chicago Divinity School, fascism, Iron Guard
Mircea Eliade was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. He was a leading...
Johannes Althusius

Johannes Althusius

male
sacredandprofane, writer, German, Political theorist, calvinist, federalist
Johannes Althusius was a Calvinist philosopher and theologian. He is most famous for his 1603 work, "Politica Methodice Digesta, Atque Exemplis...
Medardus

Medardus

male, deceased (545)
sacredandprofane, bishop of Rouen, Holy Orders, Weather lore, Franks, frank
Saint Medardus (French "Médard"; c. 456-8 June, c. 545) was the bishop of Vermandois who removed the seat of the diocese to Noyon. Medardus was b...
Johann August Ernesti

Johann August Ernesti

male, deceased (1781)
sacredandprofane, University of Halle, German, Philologist, philology, halle
Johann August Ernesti (August 4, 1707 - September 11, 1781), was a German theologian and philologist. He was born at Tennstadt in Thuringia, where...
Antoine Augustin Calmet

Antoine Augustin Calmet

male, deceased (1757)
sacredandprofane, Dutch language, French, Italian, strasburg, bossuet
Antoine Augustin Calmet, Latin (by Mansi, Lucca, 1729), Dutch and Italian. In the meanwhile he had prepared two other works closely connected with...