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unknown 1660-1675 1675, Aug 15
the 102nd Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark for the Coptic Orthodox Church. He was originally from Meer, hence the name Elmeeri, and joined the Paromeos Monastery in the Nitrian Desert before becoming a Pope. On his first day as a Coptic Pope he transferred the Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria from Church of the Virgin Mary (Haret Zuweila) to Saint Mary Church (Haret Elroum). and it stayed there till 1800 when Pope Mark VIII transferred it to Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (Azbakeya).
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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 Aspinwall unknown 1648 1662 unknown a nonconformist English minister. He proceeded B.A. in 1657, but having obtained orders, went no... William Ames [2] unknown 1655 1662 1662 an early English itinerant Quaker preacher and writer. He joined the Quakers in 1655 at Dublin, h... William Juxon 1582 1633 1663 1663, Jun 4 an English churchman, Bishop of London from 1633 to 1649 and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1660 u... Dionysius III unknown 1662 1665 unknown Ecumenical Patriarch (1662-1665)*Church of Constantinople William Day 1605 ca 1624 1666 1684 an English cleric and biblical commentator. He received his education at Eton College. He was ele... Patriarch Nikon I 1605, May 7 1652 1666 1681, Aug 17 the seventh Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus' of the Russian Orthodox Church, serving official... Pope Alexander VII 1599, Feb 13 1655 1667 1667, May 22 Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 7 April 1655 to his death in 1667. Alexander VII disliked... John Wilkins 1614, Feb 14 1637 1668 1672, Nov 19 an Anglican clergyman, natural philosopher and author, and was one of the founders of the Royal S... John Knowles [1] unknown 1646 1668 unknown an English antitrinitarian preacher, imprisoned in 1665. A short paper of arguments for the deity... 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... Edward Boys [2] 1599 1630 1669 1667 an English divine. Educated at Eton, he was elected a scholar of Corpus Christi College, Cambridg... Clement unknown 1660 1669 unknown Ecumenical Patriarch (1667)*Church of Constantinople Pope Clement IX 1600, Jan 28 1667 1669 1669, Dec 9 Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 20 June 1667 to his death in 1669. Nothing remarkable occ... Giovanni Battista Riccioli 1598, Apr 17 1628 1671 1671, Jun 25 an Italian astronomer and a Catholic priest in the Jesuit order. He is known, among other things,... Ascanio II Piccolomini 1590 1629 1671 1671 the archbishop of Siena from 1629 to 1671. Ascanio was a mathematics pupil of Bonaventura Cavalie... William Brough unknown 1630 1671 1671 an English royalist churchman, Dean of Gloucester from 1643. Brough was a supporter of William La... 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... Gerasimus II unknown 1673 1674 unknown Ecumenical Patriarch (1673-1674)*Church of Constantinople Pope Clement X 1590, Jul 13 1670 1676 1676, Jul 22 Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 29 April 1670 to his death in 1676. On 29 April 1670, th... Paisios Ligarides unknown 1657 1677 unknown Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria for the Greek Orthodox Church (1657-1677). He went to Moscow fol... Gilbert Sheldon 1598, Jun 19 1663 1677 1677, Nov 9 the English Archbishop of Canterbury for the Church of England from 1663 until his death in 1677.... Methodius III unknown 1646 1679 1679 the Ecumenical Patriarch for the Church of Constantinople in 1668–1671. Descended from Crete, ... Thomas Watson [2] 1620 ca 1646 1679 1686 an English, Nonconformist, Puritan preacher and author. He showed strong Presbyterian views durin... Celio Piccolomini 1609 1658 1681 1681, May 24 a man of the Italian Church, created cardinal by Pope Alexander VII at the Consistory of 14 Janua... Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso 1617 1642 1682 1682 the Fifth Dalai Lama of the Gelug (Yellow Hat Buddhism) of Tibet. Gyatso is credited with unifyin... Parthenius IV unknown 1655 1685 unknown a 5-time Ecumenical Patriarch for the Church of Constantinople (1657–1659, 1665–1667, 1671, 1... Charles II of England 1630, May 29 1660 1685 1685, Feb 6 the monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and Supreme Governor of the ... Mehmed IV 1642, Jan 2 1648 1687 1693, Jan 6 the Sultan and Caliph of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687. Taking the throne at age six, his ... John Bunyan 1628, Nov 1644 1688 1688, Aug 31 an English writer and Baptist preacher best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory Pope Innocent XI 1611, May 16 1650 1689 1689, Aug 12 Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 21 September 1676 to his death in 1689. He is known as th... William Sancroft 1617, Jan 30 1663 1690 1693, Nov 24 the 79th Archbishop of Canterbury (1678-1690) of the Church of England, and was one of the Seven ... Michael Wigglesworth 1631 1651 1691 1705 a Puritan minister, doctor and poet whose poem The Day of Doom was a bestseller in early N... 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... John Tillotson 1630, Oct 1661 1694 1694, Nov 22 the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury from 1691 to 1694 for the Church of England. He devoted him... Charles Albanel 1616 1649 1696 1696, Jun 11 a French missionary explorer in Canada, and a Jesuit priest. In 1649, he arrived in Canada at Tad... Dionysius IV Muselimes unknown 1662 1696 1696, Sep 23 Ecumenical Patriarch of the Church of Constantinople for five times, in 1671–73, 1676–79, 16... Pope Innocent XII 1615, Mar 13 1652 1700 1700, Sep 27 Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 12 July 1691 to his death in 1700. He took a hard stance ... Eliyya X Yohannan Marogin unknown 1660 1700 unknown Patriarch (1660-1700)* Assyrian Church of the East Jacques-Benigne Bossuet 1627, Sep 27 1643 1701 1704, Apr 12 a French bishop and theologian, renowned for his sermons and other addresses. He has been conside... Philipp Spener 1635, Jan 13 1653 1702 1705, Feb 5 a German Christian theologian known as the "Father of Pietism." Highly influenced by Johann Arndt... Ioannikios I unknown 1671 1702 unknown Archbishop of Sinai (1671-1702)* Orthodox Church of Mount Sinai Estephan El Douaihy 1630, Aug 2 1670 1704 1704, May 3 He was the 57th Patriarch of the Maronite Church from 1670 to 1704. He is considered one of the m... Arsenije III Carnojevic 1633 1674 1706 1706, Oct 27 the Archbishop of Pec and Patriarch of Serbs from 1674 to 1691 and Metropolitan of Sentandreja fr... Dositheos II unknown 1669 1707 unknown Patriarch (1669-1707)* Patriarchate of Jerusalem -*Church of Constantinople Samuel Parris 1653 1673 1711 1720, Feb 27 the Puritan minister in Salem, Massachusetts during the Salem witch trials. He was also the fathe... Haquin Spegel 1645, Jun 14 1670 1714 1714, Apr 17 a religious author and hymn writer who held several bishop's seats for the Lutheran Swedish Churc... Pierre Daniel Huet 1630, Feb 8 1651 1721 1721, Jan 26 a French churchman and scholar, editor of the Delphin Classics, founder of the Academie du Physiq... Zanabazar 1635 1639 1723 1723 the sixteenth Jebtsundamba Khutuktu and the first Bogd Gegeen or supreme spiritual authority, of ... Lobsang Yeshe 1663 1671 1737 1737 the fifth Panchen Lama of the Buddhist Gelug (Yellow Hat sect) of Tibet from 1663-1737. He was bo...
