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17th-century Roman Catholics

  • Galileo GalileiIn the year 1564, a boy named Galileo was born in Pisa to Vincenzo Galilei and Giulia Ammannati. His father worked as a lutenist and music theorist who…
  • René DescartesRené Descartes entered the world on the 31st of March 1596 in La Haye en Touraine, France. His mother Jeanne Brochard died just days after his birth while…
  • Tomás Fernández de MedranoIn the year 1589, a document dated October 20 confirmed that Tomás Fernández de Medrano and his brothers were recognized as diviseros of Valdeosera.
  • John DrydenJohn Dryden was born in the village rectory of Aldwincle near Thrapston in Northamptonshire. His father Erasmus Dryden belonged to a landowning gentry family…
  • John DowlandJohn Dowland remains a figure shrouded in biographical uncertainty, with his birthplace contested between London and Dublin.
  • Blaise PascalBlaise Pascal was born on the 19th of June 1623 in Clermont-Ferrand, France. His mother Antoinette Begon died when he was three years old.