Curated category
People excommunicated by the Catholic Church
- Henry VIIIHenry VIII was born on the 28th of June 1491 at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, Kent. He entered the world as the third child and second son of King…
- NapoleonNapoleon Bonaparte was born on the island of Corsica on the 15th of August 1769 to Carlo Maria Buonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino.
- Elizabeth IElizabeth was born on the 7th of September 1533 at Greenwich Palace. Her mother Anne Boleyn had been Henry VIII's second wife.
- Frederick II, Holy Roman EmperorOn the 26th of December 1194, a child named Frederick was born in the market square of Jesi. The location itself was unusual for a royal birth and…
- Henry IV, Holy Roman EmperorHenry IV entered the world on the 11th of November 1050 within his father's palace at Goslar. He was the third ruler of the Salian dynasty, which governed…
- John, King of EnglandJohn was born in England around Christmastide in 1166 or 1167. His father, King Henry II of England, had inherited significant territories along the Atlantic…
- Thomas CranmerThomas Cranmer entered the world on the 2nd of July 1489 at Aslockton in Nottinghamshire, England. He was a younger son of Thomas Cranmer and his wife Agnes…
- Victor Emmanuel IIVictor Emmanuel was born in Palazzo Carignano, Turin on the 14th of March 1820. He entered the world as the eldest son of Carlo Alberto Prince of Carignano…
- Martin LutherOn the 10th of November 1483, a boy named Martin Luther was born in Eisleben. His father Hans worked copper mines and served on the local council.
- John WycliffeJohn Wycliffe was born in the village of Hipswell, near Richmond in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England. Records suggest he was born in the mid-1320s…
- Alexander AlesOn the 17th of May 1528, a Lutheran pastor named Patrick Hamilton stood before a fire in St Andrews. He was about to be burned alive for his religious…
- Josip Broz TitoJosip Broz was born on the 7th of May 1892 in Kumrovec, a small village in northern Croatia. At that time, the land belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
- Girolamo SavonarolaGirolamo Savonarola was born on the 21st of September 1452 in Ferrara to Niccolò di Michele and Elena. His grandfather, Michele Savonarola, was a noted…
- Huldrych ZwingliHuldrych Zwingli was born on the 1st of January 1484 in Wildhaus, a village nestled deep within the Toggenburg valley of Switzerland.
- Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-PérigordCharles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord entered the world on the 2nd of February 1754 in Paris. He was born into an ancient aristocratic family that lacked…