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Angelic visionaries
- JesusVirtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically. This consensus stands firm despite the challenge posed by the Gospels…
- MosesThe name Moses appears in the Book of Exodus with a folk etymology explaining its meaning. Pharaoh's daughter named him saying she drew him out of the water.
- Thomas AquinasIn the year 1244, a young man named Thomas Aquinas sat bound in the stone tower of Monte San Giovanni Campano. He was nineteen years old and dressed in the…
- John the ApostleZebedee and his sons fished in the Sea of Galilee when Jesus called them to follow him. John was the younger brother of James, another apostle.
- Mary, mother of JesusMary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus. The earliest New Testament account appears in Galatians 4:4…
- Constantine the GreatOn the 27th of February 272, a boy named Constantine was born inside the city of Naissus. This settlement sat within Dardania, part of the province Moesia…
- JacobThe name Jacob appears in ancient cuneiform inscriptions spelled ya-ah-qu-ub-el or ya-qu-ub-el. Thutmose III listed a place called Yaqub-Har, Yaqubaal, or…
- IsaiahIn the 740s BC, Isaiah began his ministry during the reign of Uzziah. This king ruled Judah for fifty-two years in the middle of that century.
- William BlakeWilliam Blake was born on the 28th of November 1757 at 28 Broad Street in Soho, London. He was the third of seven children, and two died in infancy.
- Francis of AssisiGiovanni di Pietro di Bernardone was born in Assisi, a small town in Italy, around 1181. His father, Pietro di Bernardone, was a prosperous silk merchant who…
- MuhammadMuhammad was born in the city of Mecca around 570 CE, into the Banu Hashim clan of the Quraysh tribe. His father Abdullah died before Muhammad was born, and…
- Teresa of ÁvilaTeresa Sánchez de Cepeda Dávila y Ahumada was born on the 28th of March 1515. Her birthplace remains a matter of historical debate between the cities of…
- Joan of ArcIn the small village of Domrémy, nestled in the Meuse valley of northeast France, a peasant girl named Joan was born around 1412.
- John DeeJohn Dee was born in the Tower Ward of London on the 13th of July 1527. His father Rowland Dee served as a mercer and courtier to Henry VIII.
- Sergius of RadonezhIn the village of Varnitsa near Rostov Veliky, a boy named Bartholomew struggled to learn his letters. His parents Kiril and Maria belonged to a boyar family…