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François Rabelais
16th-century French writer and humanist (1494–1553)
Peter Abelard
French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)
Urban V
pope of the Catholic Church from 1362 to 1370
Clement VI
Pope of the Catholic Church and the fourth Avignon Pope (1342–1352)
Antoine François Prévost
French novelist (1697–1763)
Orderic Vitalis
English monk and historian (1075 – c. 1142)
Jean Mabillon
French Benedictine monk, medievist, paleographer, diplomatics and theologian (1632-1707)
Odo of Cluny
benedictine monk, second abbott of Cluny
Robert of Molesme
Cistercian abbot (1024–1111)
Dom Pérignon
French Benedictine monk and inventor of champagne
Bernard de Montfaucon
French monk and scholar (1655–1741)
Benedict of Aniane
Benedictine monk and reformer
Peter the Venerable
French abbot and saint
Prosper Guéranger
French Benedictine abbot (1806–1875)
Humbert of Silva Candida
French cardinal, writer and diplomat
Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy
French duke
Lupus Servatus
Benedictine monk (c.805–c.862)
Remigius of Auxerre
French philosopher and theologian
Bernard of Cluny
French poet
Antoine Augustin Calmet
French Benedictine monk (1672–1757)
Heiric of Auxerre
Carolingian priest and poet
Marc-Antoine Laugier
French architectural historian
Raymond de Sauvetât
French archbishop
Ratherius
thumb|19th-century statue of Ratherius (centre), Palais Provincial, Liège Ratherius (887–890 AD – 974 AD) or Rathier or Rather of Verona was a teacher, writer, and bishop. His difficult personality and political activities led to his becoming an exile and a wanderer.
Guillaume d'Estouteville
French monk, archbishop and cardinal
Edmond Martène
French benedectine historian (1654-1739)
Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas
French cardinal
Jean Baptiste François Pitra
Catholic cardinal (1812–1889)
Luc d'Achery
Benedictine scholar, librarian, bibliographer
Pierre Bersuire
French historian
William of Nangis
French monk and historian
Martin Bouquet
French historian (1685-1754)
Ardo Smaragdus
hagiographer
Jean Jouffroy
Catholic cardinal
Antoine-Joseph Pernety
French librarian
Fulrad
Saint Fulrad (; ; 710 – 16 July 784) was a Frankish religious leader who was the Abbot of Saint-Denis. He was the counselor of both Pepin the Short and Charlemagne. Historians see Fulrad as important due to his significance in the rise of the Frankish Kingdom, and the insight he gives into early Carolingian society. He was noted to have been always on the side of Charlemagne, especially during the attack from the Saxons on Regnum Francorum (Latin for Francia), and the Royal Mandatum (a royal official of the Carolingian administrative hierarchy). Other historians have taken a closer look at Ful
Gérard Calvet
French abbot (1927–2008)
Theobald of Provins
French hermit-saint
Thierry Ruinart
French historian (1657-1709)
Geoffrey of Vendôme
French catholic cardinal
Jean de La Grange
Catholic cardinal
Philippe de la Chambre
Catholic cardinal
Anne d'Escars de Givry
Catholic cardinal (1546-1612)
Adalbold II of Utrecht
medieval bishop of Utrecht
Antoine Bohier Du Prat
French cardinal
Ursin Durand
French benedectine historian
Gilbert Génébrard
French Benedictine exegete, orientalist and archbishop (1535-1597)
Gilles Li Muisis
Walloon historian, poet and monk
Hugh of Fleury
French author and historian
Hugh of Flavigny
Benedictine monk and historian
Guillaume Briçonnet
French bishop (1470-1534)
Aymard of Cluny
Abbot of Cluny
Gaunilo of Marmoutiers
French philosopher
Joseph Pothier
French musicologist
Fernard-Michel Cabrol
theologian
Abbo Cernuus
Neustrian Benedictine monk and poet based in Paris (c.850-c.923)
Claude Lancelot
French monk and grammarian
Geoffroy du Breuil
12th-century French chronicler
Honorat Bovet
French Benedictine, writer and philosopher
Maturin Veyssière La Croze
French Benedictine historian and orientalist