Aristides the Athenian (also Saint Aristides or Marcianus Aristides; Greek: Ἀριστείδης Μαρκιανός) was a 2nd-century Christian Greek author who is primarily...

" Aristides then wrote his own name on the ballot. Early in 480, Aristides profited by the decree recalling exiles to help in the defence of Athens against...

Polycarp of Smyrna, bishop of Smyrna, apostolic father 110~160 Aristides of Athens, apologist ~120 Justin Martyr, church father ~165 Melito of Sardis,...

in later Christian literature the word is used, for instance, by Aristides of Athens (c. 138) clearly not for homosexuality and possibly for prostitution...

salacious tales Aelius Aristides (117–181), orator and rhetorician Aristides of Athens (2nd century), Christian writer and saint Aristides Quintilianus (3rd...

The Apology of Aristides was written by the early Christian writer Aristides (fl. 2nd century). Until 1878, knowledge of Aristides was confined to some...

raised, then list of eyewitnesses to the resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:3-10) The Didache (50–100) The Creed of Aristides of Athens (130) The Old Roman...

of Hippo (393), followed by a Council of Carthage (397), another Council of Carthage (419), the Council of Florence (1431–1449), and the Council of Trent...

of Assisi, was an Italian mystic, poet, and Catholic friar who founded the religious order of the Franciscans. Inspired to lead a Christian life of poverty...

one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language. Dante is known for establishing the use of the...

Anthony of Padua, OFM, (Portuguese: António/Antônio de Pádua; Italian: Antonio di/da Padova; Latin: Antonius Patavinus) or Anthony of Lisbon (Portuguese:...

This page is a list of popes by country of origin. They are listed in chronological order within each section. As the office of pope has existed for almost...

who were members of affluent senatorial families. In addition, his works are a crucial source of information on the pronunciation of the Hebrew language...

Teresa of Ávila, OCD (Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda Dávila y Ahumada; 28 March 1515 – 4 or 15 October 1582), also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Carmelite...

scholars as one of the most important works of early Christian apologetics. Other apologists from this period are Aristides of Athens, the author of the Epistle...

of scholasticism. He was from the county of Aquino in the Kingdom of Sicily. Thomas was a proponent of natural theology and the father of a school of...

Ignatius of Loyola SJ (/ɪɡˈneɪʃəs/ ig-NAY-shəs; Basque: Ignazio Loiolakoa; Spanish: Ignacio de Loyola; Latin: Ignatius de Loyola; born Íñigo López de Oñaz...

Liturgical Press, 1999. Wilson, Katharina. Medieval Women Writers. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1984. On Hildegard's illuminations Baillet, Louis...

of the Saints of Athens. The Eastern Orthodox Church also has numerous non-fixed days for the veneration of Paul: 21 Days before Pascha – Synaxis of the...

subject of conic sections at the age of 16. He later corresponded with Pierre de Fermat on probability theory, strongly influencing the development of modern...

and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings influenced the development of Western philosophy...

early Church Fathers. Hahn currently teaches at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, a Catholic university in Steubenville, Ohio. He has also lectured...

of Polycarp to the Philippians, a mosaic of references to the Greek Scriptures, which, along with an account of Martyrdom of Polycarp, forms part of the...

of the Church of England and the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. After refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, he was convicted of treason...

Julian of Norwich (c. 1343 – after 1416), also known as Juliana of Norwich, the Lady Julian, Dame Julian or Mother Julian, was an English anchoress of the...

Jacopo di Benincasa, TOSD (25 March 1347 – 29 April 1380), known as Catherine of Siena (Italian: Caterina da Siena), was an Italian Catholic mystic and pious...

The first line of this treatise is: "The teaching of the Lord to the Gentiles (or Nations) by the twelve apostles". The text, parts of which constitute...

was Marie Louise, née Grosjean, of Swiss-French origin. Chesterton was baptised at the age of one month into the Church of England, though his family themselves...

sins of another; therefore, infants are born blameless. Pelagius accepted no excuse for sinful behaviour and taught that all Christians, regardless of their...

emergence of modern philosophy and science. Mathematics was paramount to his method of inquiry, and he connected the previously separate fields of geometry...