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A German Benedictine abbess, mystic, and polymath who became one of the most remarkable figures of the Middle Ages. From childhood, she claimed to experience vivid spiritual visions, which she believed came directly from God. 

Mother Teresa, a catholic nun born in 1910, in Albania who devoted her life to serving the "poorest of the poor." After spending years teaching at a convent school in India, she experienced what she called a "call within a call" to leave the school and live and work in the slums of Kolkata. 

The Leofric Missal is an illuminated manuscript, from the 10th and 11th century, and is kept he Library at Oxford University, England. 

Karl Barth was a 20th-century Swiss Reformed theologian who is considered one of the most significant thinkers in modern Protestantism. Initially influenced by liberal theology, his views underwent a radical shift during and after World War I.

Martin Luther (1483–1546) was a German friar and theologian whose actions ignited the Protestant Reformation.  Trained as a lawyer before becoming a monk, Luther struggled with guilt and salvation until he concluded that salvation is achieved through faith alone (Sola Fide), not through good works or payment to the church 

Alexander Macneill  from the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.  His primary trade was that of a  fish salter, a crucial role in the island's local economy, where he processed and preserved fish, likely for trade or export.  

Richard Rohr (born 1943) is an internationally recognized American Franciscan friar, author, and teacher who founded the Center for Action and Contemplation in New Mexico. 

Corrie ten Boom (1892–1983) was a Dutch watchmaker who became a beloved writer and speaker, famous for her acts of courage and faith during World War II.