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Robert Hugh Benson AFSC KC*SG KGCHS (18 November 1871 – 19 October 1914) was an English Anglican priest who in 1903 was received into the Roman Catholic Church in which he was ordained priest in 1904. He was lauded in his own day as one of the lead
Lekë Matrënga (1567–1619) (Italian: ) was an Italian writer and priest in the Arbëresh community of Sicily. He is regarded as one of the authors of the era of early Albanian literature.
The Rev. William O’Malley, S.J. (born August 18, 1931) is an American author and actor. He was born in Buffalo NY and attended Canisus High school there. He graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 1953. He taught theology, AP English and late
Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 15 July 1953) is a Haitian politician who became Haiti’s first democratically elected president. A proponent of liberation theology, Aristide was appointed to a Roman Catholic parish in Port-au-Prince in 1982 after comple
Richard Montague Stephens Eyre (16 May 1929 – 12 December 2012) was an Anglican priest. He was the Dean of Exeter from 1981 to 1995.Eyre was educated at Charterhouse School and Oriel College, Oxford. He was ordained as an angelic priest in 1957 and
Mikel Koliqi (September 29, 1902 – January 28, 1997) was an Albanian cardinal and priest of the Roman Catholic Church. He was born and died in Shkodër (Shkodra), Albania.
Ndre Mjeda (20 November 1866 – 1 August 1937) was an Albanian poet and activist. He was influenced by the Jesuit writer Anton Xanoni and the Franciscan poet Leonardo De Martino.
Pjetër Bogdani (ca. 1630 – 1689), known in Italian as Pietro Bogdano, is the most original writer of early literature in Albania. He is author of the Cuneus Prophetarum (The Band of the Prophets), 1685, the first prose work of substance written orig
Johann Augustin Pucher (Slovene: Janez Avguštin Puhar or Ivan Pucher; 26 August 1814 – 7 August 1864) was a
André Raponda Walker (1871–1968) was a Gabonese author, ethnographer, Catholic priest, and missionary. Walk