Johannes Trithemius

Johannes Trithemius

male, deceased (1516)
Hiberno-Scottish mission, steganography, University of Heidelberg, magician, lord, Inventor of writing systems…Benedictine
Johannes Trithemius (1 February 1462 - 13 December 1516) was born Johann Heidenberg. The name by which he is more commonly known is derived from...

Cuthbert Butler

male, deceased (1934)
Downside Abbey, Benedictines, British, downside, Benedictine, historian
Edward Cuthbert Butler (1858-1934) was an English Benedictine historian, and Abbot of Downside Abbey. He is known for his history of Vatican I, and...
Bernard de Montfaucon

Bernard de Montfaucon

male, deceased (1741)
Christian Hebraist, monk, Benedictine, benedictine monk, writer, French
Bernard de Montfaucon was a French Benedictine monk and scholar. He published "L'antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures" between 1719 and...
Michael Sattler

Michael Sattler

male, deceased (1527)
Protestant martyr of the Early Modern era, strasbourg, Horb, Roman Catholic, monk, German…Benedictine
Michael Sattler (1495?-1527) was a monk who left the Roman Catholic Church during the Protestant Reformation to become one of the early leaders of...
Benedetto Castelli

Benedetto Castelli

male, deceased (1643)
Benedictine, From brescia, mathematician, university of pisa, mathematics, sunspot…Benedictine order, Benedictine monastery
Benedetto Castelli, born Antonio Castelli (1578 - April 9 1643) was an Italian mathematician. He took the name "Benedetto" upon entering the...
Richard Simon

Richard Simon

male, deceased (1712)
Christian Hebraist, metz, Benedictine, philosophy, eucharist, Critic
Richard Simon (May 13, 1638 - April 11, 1712), was a French biblical critic. He was born at Dieppe. His early education took place at the college...

Pope Benedict I

male, deceased (579)
Popes named Benedict, Benedictine, Saint Benedict of Nursia, regnal name, Pope Benedict, antipope
Pope Benedict I was pope from June 2, 575 to July 30 579. Benedict was the son of a man named Boniface, and was called Bonosus by the Greeks. The...
Erkenwald

Erkenwald

male, deceased (693)
bishop, offa, Erconwald, St. Paul's Cathedral, East Saxons, Christian…Benedictine
Saint Erkenwald or Erconwald (died c. 693) was bishop of London in the Anglo-Saxon Christian Church between 675 and 693. He was born into the...
Rupert Of Deutz

Rupert Of Deutz

male, deceased (1129)
Benedictine, liturgical, liege, exegete, Commentaria in canticum canticorum, Gerhoch of Reichersberg
Rupert of Deutz was an influential Benedictine theologian, exegete and writer on liturgical and musical topics. He was from Liège, and late in l...

Simon Langham

male, deceased (1376)
Simon de Langham, treasurer of England, Chancellor of England, St Sixtus, Lord High Treasurer, Benedictine
Simon de Langham (died 1376) was an English clergyman who was Archbishop of Canterbury and cardinal. He was born at Langham in Rutland. The manor...