Jacques de Molay

Jacques de Molay

male, deceased (1314)
Jacques de Molay (est. 1244–5/1249–50 – 18 March 1314), a minor Frankish noble, served as the 23rd and officially last Grand Master of the Knight...
Christian Martyrs

Christian Martyrs

male
A Christian martyr is one who, without seeking his own death or any harm to others, is murdered or put to death for his religious faith or...
Henry Charles Lea

Henry Charles Lea

male, deceased (1909)
Henry Charles Lea (September 19, 1825 - October 24, 1909) was an American historian, civic reformer, and political activist. Lea was born and lived...
Bernard Gui

Bernard Gui

male, deceased (1331)
Bernard Gui, also known as Bernardo Gui or Bernardus Guidonis, was an inquisitor of the Dominican Order in the Late Middle Ages during the Medieval...
Heinrich Kramer

Heinrich Kramer

male, deceased (1505)
Heinrich Kramer (also known under Latinised name Heinrich Institoris, c. 1430 -1505) was a German churchman and inquisitor. Born in Schlettstadt,...
Noah Gordon

Noah Gordon

male, 82 years old
Noah Gordon (born November 11, 1926 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American novelist. Some of the topics covered within his novels include...
Jean Bodin

Jean Bodin

male, deceased (1596)
Jean Bodin (1530-1596) was a French jurist and political philosopher, member of the Parlement (not to be confused with the English "Parliament") of...
Maria Celeste

Maria Celeste

female, deceased (1634)
Sister Maria Celeste, born Virginia Gamba on August 16, 1600, was the daughter of Galileo Galilei and Marina Gamba. She was the eldest of three...
Tommaso Campanella

Tommaso Campanella

male, deceased (1639)
Tommaso Campanella (September 5, 1568-May 21, 1639), baptized Giovanni Domenico Campanella, was an Italian philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and...
Diego de Landa

Diego de Landa

male, deceased (1579)
Diego de Landa Calderón was Bishop of Yucatán. He left future generations with a mixed legacy in his writings which contain much valuable in...