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Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus ( ; ; 28 October c. 1466 – 12 July 1536), commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch humanist, Christian theologian, and pioneering philologist and educationalist. He was, through his writings and translations, one of the most influential scholars of the Northern Renaissance and a major figure of Western culture.

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, commonly known simply as Boethius (; Latin: Boetius; 480–524 AD), was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, polymath, historian, and philosopher of the Early Middle Ages. He was a central figure in the translation of the Greek classics into Latin, a precursor to the Scholastic movement, and, along with Cassiodorus, one of the two leading Christian scholars of the 6th century. The local cult of Boethius in the Diocese of Pavia was sanctioned by the Sacred Congregation of Rites in 1883, confirming the diocese's custom of honouring him on the 23 October

Dutch jurist and scholar (1583-1645)

Italian philosopher and Catholic priest (1433–1499)

Irish Catholic philosopher and theologian (c. 800 – c. 877)

3rd-century BC Greco-Roman dramatist and epic poet

Italian humanist historian (c. 1370–1444)

Italian scholar, writer and humanist (1380–1459)

thumb|Poliziano and Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours|Giuliano de' Medici, from a fresco painted by Renaissance artist [[Domenico Ghirlandaio in the Sassetti Chapel, Santa Trinita, Florence ]] Agnolo (or Angelo) Ambrogini (; 14 July 1454 – 24 September 1494), commonly known as Angelo Poliziano () or simply Poliziano, anglicized as Politian, was an Italian classical scholar and poet of the Florentine Renaissance. His scholarship was instrumental in the divergence of Renaissance (or Humanist) Latin from medieval norms and for developments in philology. His nickname Poliziano, by which he

Byzantine saint

English bishop and philosopher

antipope and chief archivist of the Catholic church

monk, historian, and theologian

Byzantine Greek scholar, diplomat, and professor (c. 1350–1415)

Byzantine anthologist, translator

16th century French printer and classical scholar

German historian and humanist (1516 - 1580)

Greek lecturer, philosopher and humanist

bishop of Dumium

Greek philosopher

Greek Renaissance humanist scholar

Italian Renaissance humanist (1398–1481)

Italian humanist

13th-century Flemish translator of Greek into Latin (1215–1286)

French mathematician (1581-1638)

Greek scholar, theologian, and keeper of the Vatican library (1586–1669)

Italian monk and theologian (1386–1439)

right|thumb|Tenth-century manuscript of Calcidius' Timaeus translation and commentary now in the Vatican Library. Calcidius (or Chalcidius) was a 4th-century philosopher who translated the first part (to 53c) of Plato's Timaeus from Greek into Latin around the year 321 and provided with it an extensive commentary. This was likely done for Bishop Hosius of Córdoba. Very little is otherwise known of him.

Roman philosopher, theologian and writer

Spanish philosopher and theologian (1490-1573)

Irish teacher, Latin grammarian and scriptural commentator

English humanist scholar and physician (c.1460–1524)

Greek academic

German humanist, polymath and poet (1500-1574)

German humanist and classical scholar (1532–1576)

Italian Roman Catholic cardinal

Greek humanist

Irish Catholic cardinal (1803–1878)

Italian priest and classical scholar

Italian scholar (1429-1478)

French historian and theologian (1661-1733)

French classical scholar

Italian humanist, historian and theologian (1451-1522)

German physician and philologist (c.1500–1558)

Italian linguist and translator

ancient Roman writer, translator, soldier and politician from the 4th century

Italian admiral

Italian scholar and humanist (c. 1360 – 1411)

Roman Catholic archbishop

translator of Greek works into Latin

librarian, translator

Italian jurist and scholar (died 1193)

Italian humanist (1517-1596)

Sicilian archdeacon and religious scholar (died 1162)

French theologian and humanist (1499–1584)

Italian philologist

Italian Renaissance humanist

French poet (1585-1665)

French humanist scholar and poet