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Clergy • Writers born active died
1546 1583-1625 1625
a Finnish Lutheran bishop, a Bishop of Turku from 1583 to 1625 as the successor to Paulus Juusten; and the administrator of the Diocese of Viipuri. After his ordination to priesthood, he was sent to University of Rostock (rector of which was then David Chytraeus). After his studies he became 1578 headmaster of the school in Gävle. 1583 he was consecrated as bishop together with Petrus Benedicti, Nicolaus Stephani, and Christian Agricola with catholic ceremonies of the liturgy of John III. Sorolainen was also a noted writer, publishing his first work in 1614. He translated into Finnish the service book of 1614, wrote a large catechism (1614). Between 1621 and 1625 he published a book of sermons in Stockholm entitled Postilla.
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Pope Gregory XIII 1502, Jan 7 1572 1585 1585-Apr 10 Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 13 May 1572 to his death in 1585. He is best known for com... Pachomius II unknown 1580 1585 unknown Ecumenical Patriarch of the Church of Constantinople from 1584 to 1585. He is sometimes consider... Pope John XIV unknown 1571 1586 1586, Sep 6 the 96th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark for the Armenian Apostolic Church... Theoleptus II unknown 1585 1586 unknown the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1585 to 1586. Theoleptus was a nephew of Patriarc... Bertrand de Loque unknown 1580 1589 1600+ a Protestant minister, said to be the same person as François de Saillans, who was born in Valen... Pope Urban VII 1521, Aug 4 1553 1590 1590, Sep 27 Pope (Roman Catholic Church) from 15 to 27 September 1590. His twelve-day papacy was the shortest... Sylvester of Alexandria unknown 1560 1590 unknown Silvester served as Patriarch for Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria between 1569 and 1590. He c... Pope Sixtus V 1521, Dec 13 1585 1590 1590, Aug 27 Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 24 April 1585 to his death in 1590. As a youth, he joined ... Catalina de Erauso unknown 1590 1590 1830 a one-time nun who subsequently travelled around Spain and Spanish America, mostly under male ide... 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... Pope Gregory XIV 1535, Feb 11 1590 1591 1591, Oct 16 Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 5 December 1590 to his death in 1591. Gregory XIV's brief ... Domingo de Salazar 1512 1579 1594 1594, Dec 4 a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Manila (1579–84) which was then newl... Jeremias II Tranos unknown 1572 1595 unknown Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1572-1579, 1580-1584, 1587-1595)*Church of Constantinople Murad III 1546, Jul 4 1574 1595 1595, Jan 15/16 the emperor and Caliph of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 until his death in 1595. Murad's reign is ... Ascanio I Piccolomini unknown 1579 1597 1597, May 13 On 3 Jul 1579, Ascanio Piccolomini was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Coadju... 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... Nicolas de Thou 1528 1547 1598 1598, Nov 5 an eminent French cleric, Bishop of Chartres, and in politics a figure instrumental in the corona... Gabriel I [1] unknown 1590 1599 unknown the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for the Church of Constantinople from March to August ... Robert Gwin unknown 1590 1599 unknown a Welsh Roman Catholic priest and author. Gwin, who appears to have been alive in 1591, wrote sev... Theophanes I unknown 1590 1599 1597, Mar 26 the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for the Church of Constantinople from August 1596 to F... Giordano Bruno 1548, Jan 1 1572 1600 1600, Feb 17 an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, and cosmological theorist. He is re... Meletios I Pegas 1549 1590 1601 1601, Sep 12 served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 1590 and 1601. Simultaneously from 1597 to 1598 h... Queen Elizabeth I 1533, Sep 7 1558 1603 1603, Mar 24 Queen of England and Ireland (and Supreme Governor of the Church of England ) from 17 November 15... Gabriel VIII unknown 1587 1603 1603, May 14 the 97th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. Gabriel VIII was originally fro... Mehmed III 1566, May 26 1595 1603 1603, Dec 21/22 the Sultan and Caliph of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 until his death in 1603. His reign is most... Matthew II unknown 1596 1603 1603 the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople three times, shortly in 1596, from 1598 to 1602 and f... John Whitgift 1530 ca 1583 1604 1604, Feb 29 the Archbishop of Canterbury for the Church of England from 1583 to his death. Noted for his hos... Pope Clement VIII 1536, Feb 24 1592 1605 1605, Mar 3 Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 2 February 1592 to his death in 1605. He was made Cardin... Pope Leo XI 1535, Jun 2 1605 1605 1605, Apr 27 the Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 1 to 27 April 1605. His pontificate is one of the bri... Matthew Hutton I 1529 159 1606 1606 the archbishop of York for the Church of England from 1595 to 1606. He became a sizar at Trinity... Raphael II unknown 1603 1607 unknown the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1603 to 1607. Raphael was Bishop of Mithymna when... Sebastian de Vivanco 1551 1570 1610 1622, Oct 26 a Spanish priest and composer of the Renaissance. The bulk of Vivanco's surviving work was publis... Thomas Bell 1551 1573 1610 unknown an English Roman Catholic priest, and later an anti-Catholic writer. He was mentioned in 1592 as ... Richard Bancroft 1544 1584 1610 1610, Nov 2 an English churchman, who became Archbishop of Canterbury (1604-1610) for the Church of England a... Neophytus II unknown 1602 1612 unknown Ecumenical Patriarch (1602–03 and in 1607–12), restored*Church of Constantinople David Fabricius 1564, Mar 9 1584 1617 1617, May 7 a German pastor who made two major discoveries in the early days of telescopic astronomy, jointly... John Thornborough 1551 1593 1617 1641 an English bishop. In a long ecclesiastical career, he was employed as a chaplain by the Earl of ... Yonten Gyatso 1589 1601 1617 1617, Jan a jinong and the 4th Dalai Lama of the Gelug (Yellow Hat Buddhism) of Tibet, born in Mongolia on ... Ahmed I 1590, Apr 18 1603 1617 1617, Nov 22 the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph (Sunni Islam) of the Ottoman Caliphate from 1603 unti... Pope Mark V unknown 1603 1619 1619 the 98th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark for the Coptic Orthodox Church. Th... Kyrillos III Loukaris unknown 1601 1620 unknown Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria for the Greek Orthodox Church (1601-1620). He co-authored many l... Pope Paul V 1552, Sep 17 1597 1621 1621, Jan 28 the Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 16 May 1605 to his death in 1621. He is best remember... Pedro Paez 1564 1589 1622 1622, May 25 a Spanish Jesuit missionary in Ethiopia. Páez is considered by many experts on Ethiopia to be th... Osman II 1604, Nov 3 1618 1622 1622, May 20 the Sultan and Caliph (Sunni Islam) of the Ottoman Empire/Caliphate from 1618 until his death on ... King George I 1596, Aug 19 1613 1623 1662, Feb 13 King of Great Britain and Ireland, Supreme Governor of the Church of England from 1 August 1714 u... Mustafa I 1591 1617 1623 1639, Jan 20 the son of Mehmed III and was the Sultan and Caliph of the Ottoman Empire from 1617 to 1618 and f... Pope Gregory XV 1554, Jan 9 1621 1623 1623, Jul 8 Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 9 February 1621 to his death in 1623. Gregory XV interfere... Anthimos II unknown 1623 1623 unknown Patriarch of Constantinople Opel (1623) Anthimus II unknown 1623 1623 1628 Metropolitan of Adrianople and Ecumenical Patriarch for the Church of Constantinople for a few m... Robert Bruce 1554 1587 1624 1631, Jul 27 Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland which was called on 6 February 1588 t... King James I 1566, Jun 19 1603 1625 1625, Mar 27 King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland (and Supreme Head... Valentine Cary 1570 ca 1603 1626 1626 an English clergyman, who became Bishop of Exeter. A pluralist, Cary was vicar of East Tilbury in... Edmund Gunter 1581 1614 1626 1626, Dec 10 an English clergyman, mathematician, geometer and astronomer of Welsh descent. He is best remembe... John Preston 1587, Oct 1611 1627 1628, Jul 20 an Anglican cleric and master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. About 1611, the year in which he co... Oliver Almond unknown 1590 1629 unknown a Roman Catholic priest and writer, born in the diocese of Oxford. He is believed by Foley to hav... Pope John XV unknown 1619 1629 1629, Sep 7 the 99th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark for the Coptic Orthodox Church. Or... Gregory IV unknown 1620 1629 unknown the Ecumenical Patriarch for the Church of Constantinople for two months in 1623. Before he was e... Leopold V 1586, Oct 9 1623 1632 1632, Sep 13 the son of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria, and the younger brother of Emperor Ferdinand II,... George Abbot 1562, Oct 19 1611 1633 1633, Aug 5 an English divine who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1611 to 1633 for the Church of England. H... John Marston 1576, Oct 7 1598 1634 1634, Jun 25 an English poet, playwright and satirist during the late Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. His ca... Antonio de Andrade 1580 1600 1634 1634, Mar 19 a Jesuit priest and explorer from Portugal. Engaged in missionary activity in India, was the firs... Geoffrey Keating 1569 ca 1603 1634 1644 ca a 17th-century historian. He was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, and is buried in Tubrid Grave... Gerasimos I Spartaliotes unknown 1620 1636 unknown Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria for the Greek Orthodox Church (1620-1636). He was distinguished ... Johann Heinrich Alsted 1588, Mar 1608 1638 1638, Nov 9 a German Calvinist minister and academic, known for his varied interests: in Ramism and Lullism, ... Cyril I Lucaris 1572, Nov 13 1612 1638 1638, Jun 27 a Greek prelate and theologian, and a native of Candia, Crete (then under the Republic of Venice)... Murad IV 1612, Jul 26/27 1623 1640 1640, Feb 8 the Sultan and Caliph of the Ottoman Empire from 1623 to 1640, known both for restoring the autho... Richard Bernard 1568 1598 1641 1641 an English Puritan clergyman and writer. Barnard was a Calvinist Puritan, but a moderate one. Ber... Joseph Hall 1574, Jul 1 1597 1643 1656, Sep 8 an English bishop, satirist and moralist. His contemporaries knew him as a devotional writer, and... Pope Urban VIII 1568, Apr 5 1592 1644 1644, Jul 29 Pope (Roman Catholic Church) from 1623 to his death in 1644. He expanded the papal territory by ... William Laud 1573, Oct 7 1601 1645 1645, Jan 10 an English bishop and academic. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury for the Church of England fro... John Abbot 1587/88 1623 1647 1650 ca an English Roman Catholic clergyman and poet. His birthplace is uncertain, but may have been Lond... Godefroy Wendelin 1580, Jun 6 1599 1652 1667, Oct 24 a Flemish astronomer. The crater Vendelinus on the Moon is named after him. Around 1630 he measur... Pierre Gassendi 1592, Jan 22 1617 1653 1655, Oct 24 a French philosopher, priest, scientist, astronomer, and mathematician. While he held a church po... Theodore Tronchin 1582, Apr 17 1608 1655 1657, Nov 19 a Swiss Calvinist theologian, controversialist and Hebraist. He studied theology at Geneva, Basel... Joannicius II unknown 1624 1656 1659/1660 Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople four times from 1646 to 1656 (1646-1648; 1651-1652; 1653-1... David Pardo [1] 1591 ca 1610 1657 1657, Mar 15 a Dutch rabbi and hakham. He was born at Salonica to Rabbi Joseph and Reina in the second half of... Saul Levi Morteira 1596 ca 1616 1660 1660, Feb 10 a Dutch rabbi of Portuguese descent. Morteira was the founder of the congregational school Keter ... Lobsang Chökyi Gyalsten 1570 1570 1662 1662 the fourth Panchen Lama of the Gelug (Yellow Hat sect) school of Tibetan Buddhism from 1570-1662 ... Robert Abbot [1] 1588 ca 1610 1662 1662 ca an English theologian who promoted puritan doctrines. He is sometimes mistakenly described as the... William Day 1605 ca 1624 1666 1684 an English cleric and biblical commentator. He received his education at Eton College. He was ele... John Trapp 1601, Jun 5 1622 1669 1669, Oct 16 an English Anglican Bible commentator. His large five-volume commentary is still read today and i... Ingen Ryuki 1592, Dec 7 1620 1673 1673, May 19 a Chinese Linji Chán Buddhist monk, poet, and calligrapher. He is most known for founding the Ob... Giacomo Carissimi 1605, Apr 1623 1674 1674, Jan 12 an Italian composer. He is one of the most celebrated masters of the early Baroque or, more accur... Robert Herrick 1591, Aug 1623 1674 1674, Oct a 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric. He is best known for Hesperides, a book of poems. T... Isaac Aboab da Fonseca 1605, Feb 1 1623 1693 1693, Apr 4 a rabbi, scholar, kabbalist and writer. In 1656, he was one of several elders within the Portugue...
