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Clergy born active died
1494 ca 1519-1546 1546, May 29
Archbishop of St Andrews and the last Scottish Cardinal prior to the Reformation. In 1520, his uncle, James Beaton , Archbishop of Glasgow, named David Beaton Rector and Prebendary at Cambuslang. After his uncle became Archbishop of St. Andrews in 1522, he resigned the position of Commendator of Arbroath in favour of his nephew. In 1525 David Beaton returned from France and took a seat as Lord Abbot of Arbroath in the Scottish Parliament. In 1528 the King named him Lord Privy Seal.
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David Beaton 1494 ca 1519
1546 1546, May 29
Selim I 1465/66/70, Oct 10 1512 1520 1520, Sep 22 the Sultan and Caliph (Sunni Islam) of the Ottoman Empire/Caliphate from 1512 to 1520. His reign ... Gavin Douglas 1474 ca 1496 1521 1522, Sep a Scottish bishop, makar and translator. Although he had an important political career, it is for... Pope Leo X 1475, Dec 11 1513 1521 1521, Dec 1 the Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 9 March 1513 to his death. The second son of Lorenzo ... Theoleptus I unknown 1513 1522 unknown the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1513 to 1522, for the Church of Constantinople. W... Pope Adrian VI 1459, Mar 2 1490 1523 1523, Sep 14 the 218th pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 9 January 1522 until his death. He was the last ... Pope John XIII unknown 1484 1524 1524 the 94th Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark for the Armenian A... Philip of Burgundy 1464 1498 1524 1524 Admiral of the Netherlands from 1498 to 1517 and bishop of Utrecht from 1517 to 1524. In the year... Thomas Wolsey 1473, Mar 1509 1530 1530, Nov 29 an English political figure and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. When Henry VIII became K... Pope Clement VII 1478, May 26 1523 1534 1534, Sep 25 Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 19 November 1523 to his death in 1534. The Sack of Rome a... Girolamo Piccolomini Jr. unknown 1510 1535 1535 On 9 Dec 1510, Girolamo Piccolomini was appointed during the papacy of Pope Julius II as both Bis... Olav Engelbrektsson 1480 ca 1533 1537 1538, Feb 7 the 28th Archbishop of Norway from 1523 to 1537, the Regent of Norway from 1533 to 1537, a member... John Stone [1] unknown 1530 1539 1539, Dec an English Augustinian friar who was executed, probably in December 1539; he was canonized in 197... John Palsgrave 1485 ca 1513 1545 1554 a priest of Henry VIII of England's court. He is known as a tutor in the royal household, and as ... Jeremias I unknown 1513 1546 1546, Jan 13 Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople two times, from 1522 to 1524 and from 1525 to 1546 for the... King Henry VIII 1491, Jun 28 1509 1547 1547, Jan 28 King of England from 1509 until his death and Supreme Head of the Church of England from 1536 to... Pope Paul III 1468, Feb 29 1491 1549 1549, Nov 10 the Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 13 October 1534 to his death in 1549. He came to the... William Lamb [1] 1493 ca 1537 1550 1550 a Scottish cleric, lawyer, and author. William Lamb wrote Ane Resonyng of ane Scottis and Ingl... Robert Wauchope [1] 1500 ca 1539 1551 1551 the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh from 1539 to 1551. Wauchope worked as a theologian in Rom... Ignatius of Loyola 1491, Oct 23 1508 1555 1556, Jul 31 a Spanish priest and theologian, who founded the religious order called the Society of Jesus (Jes... Hugh Latimer 1487 ca 1515 1555 1555, Oct 16 a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, and Bishop of Worcester before the Reformation, and later C... Stephen Gardiner 1483 ca 1531 1555 1555, Nov 12 English bishop and politician during the English Reformation period who served as Lord Chancellor... Pope Marcellus II 1501, May 6 1535 1555 1555, May 1 Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 9 April 1555 until his death 22 days later on 1 May 1555. ... Nicholas Ridley 1500 ca 1538 1555 1555, Oct 16 an English Bishop of London. Ridley was burned at the stake, as one of the Oxford Martyrs, during... Mikael Agricola 1510 ca 1537 1557 1557, Apr 9 a clergyman who became the de facto founder of literary Finnish and a prominent proponent of the ... Reginald Pole 1500, Mar 12 1518 1558 1558, Nov 17 an English cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the last Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canter... Pope Paul IV 1476, Jun 28 1505 1559 1559, Aug 18 the Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 23 May 1555 to his death in 1559. While serving as pa... Alessandro Piccolomini [1] unknown 1528 1563 unknown a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pienza (1535-1563) and Bishop of Montalcino (152... Suleiman I 1494, Nov 6 1520 1566 1566, Sep 7 the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan and Caliph (Sunni Islam) of the Ottoman Empire/Caliphate, ... Joachim I Pany 1448 ca 1480 1567 1567 served as Patriarch for the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria between 1486 and 1567. A virtuou... Pedro de la Gasca 1485, Jun 1542 1567 1567, Nov 13 a Spanish bishop, diplomat and the second (acting) viceroy of Peru, from April 10, 1547 to Januar... Sunan Gunungjati 1448 1479 1568 1568, Sep 19 one of the Wali Songo, or nine saints of Islam revered in Indonesia. He founded the Sultanate of... Pope Pius V 1504, Jan 17 1528 1572 1572, May 1 the Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 8 January 1566 to his death in 1572. He is venerated... Donald Monro unknown 1526 1574 unknown a Scottish clergyman, who wrote an early and historically valuable description of the Hebrides an... Pope Innocent IX 1519, Jul 20 1544 1591 1591, Dec 30 Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 29 October to 30 December 1591. Prior to his short papac... King Philip II 1527, May 21 1540 1598 1598, Sep 13 King of Spain (1556–98), King of Portugal (1581–98, as Philip I, Filipe I), King of Naples a...
