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Clergy • Writers born active died
1551 1593-1617 1641
an English bishop. In a long ecclesiastical career, he was employed as a chaplain by the Earl of Pembroke, and Queen Elizabeth. He was Dean of York, Bishop of Limerick in 1593, Bishop of Bristol in 1603, and Bishop of Worcester from 1617. He was tolerant of Puritans, encouraging his congregation to attend puritan lectures. He wrote an alchemical book, Lithotheorikos of 1621.
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John Thornborough 1551 1593
1617 1641
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... 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... 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... 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... Ericus Erici Sorolainen 1546 1583 1625 1625 a Finnish Lutheran bishop, a Bishop of Turku from 1583 to 1625 as the successor to Paulus Juuste... 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... 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... 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)... 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... 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... Theodore Tronchin 1582, Apr 17 1608 1655 1657, Nov 19 a Swiss Calvinist theologian, controversialist and Hebraist. He studied theology at Geneva, Basel... 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...
