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Clergy • Writers born active died
1516/20 1563-1575 1575, Aug 22
the first bishop of Viipuri, and later, bishop of Turku for the Lutheran Finish Church from 1563 until his death in 1575. He was an esteemed teacher and a Swedish royal envoy. Juusten authored the Finnish-language catechism (1574), the tale of his Moscow travel, a Mass book (1575) and the Chronicle of Finnish bishops, Suomen piispainkronikka, Chronicon episcoporum finlandensium.
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Paulus Juusten 1516/20 1563
1575 1575, Aug 22
Pope Pius IV 1499, Mar 31 1546 1565 1565, Dec 9 the Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 25 December 1559 to his death in 1565. He is known fo... Joasaph II unknown 1556 1565 unknown Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1555-1565)*Church of Constantinople 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... John Barthlet unknown 1560 1569 unknown an English theological writer. Barthlet was a minister of the Church of England, and held strongl... John Rolland unknown 1560 1569 unknown a Scottish poet who appears to have been a priest of the diocese of Glasgow, and to have been kno... Arthur ap Huw unknown 1555 1570 unknown a clergyman, patron of Welsh poets, and a translator of religious literature into Welsh. He was a... 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... John Knox 1513 ca 1546 1572 1572, Nov 24 a Scottish clergyman, theologian, and writer who was a leader of the Protestant Reformation and i... Donald Monro unknown 1526 1574 unknown a Scottish clergyman, who wrote an early and historically valuable description of the Hebrides an... Selim II 1524, May 28 1566 1574 1574, Dec 12/15 the Sultan and Caliph (Sunni Islam) of the Ottoman Empire/Caliphate from 1566 until his death in... Matthew Parker 1504, Aug 6 1559 1575 1575, May 17 the Archbishop of Canterbury for the Church of England from 1559 until his death in 1575. He was... Metrophanes III 1520 1546 1580 1580, Aug 9 the Ecumenical Patriarch for the Church of Constantinople two times, from 1565 to 1572 and from 1... Frederik Schenck van Toutenburg 1503 ca 1559 1580 1580, Aug 25 the first archbishop of Utrecht (previously only a bishopric). He became the first and last Archb... 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... 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... 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 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... 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 ... 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... Giordano Bruno 1548, Jan 1 1572 1600 1600, Feb 17 an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, and cosmological theorist. He is re... 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... 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 ... Lobsang Chökyi Gyalsten 1570 1570 1662 1662 the fourth Panchen Lama of the Gelug (Yellow Hat sect) school of Tibetan Buddhism from 1570-1662 ...
