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Saint Benedict of Aniane
French bishop
St. Gregory the Great
pope
St. Benedict of Nursia
St. Benedict
Italian monk
Saint Odo of Cluny
French abbot
Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
Spanish cardinal
“Saint Anthony”
St. Anthony of Egypt
Egyptian monk
Saint Nilus of Ancyra
Greek abbot
Theodore Ascidas
Greek monk-theologian
Macarius the Egyptian
Egyptian monk
Euthymius Of Tŭrnovo
Orthodox patriarch
St. John of the Cross
St. John of the Cross
Spanish mystic
Saint Dunstan of Canterbury
English archbishop
Saint Theodosius of Palestine
Asian saint
Pelagius
Christian theologian
Saint Joseph of Volokolamsk
Russian Orthodox abbot and theologian
Bernard de Cluny
French monk
Philotheus Kokkinos
patriarch of Constantinople
Saint Sergius of Radonezh
Russian saint
St. Oswald of York
English saint
Harriet Starr Cannon
American religious leader