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Peter Abelard
French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)
John of the Cross
Spanish mystic and Roman Catholic saint (1542–1591)
Juana I of Castile
Queen of Castile from 1504 and of Aragon from 1516
Vasili IV of Russia
Tsar of Russia (1606–1610)
Leontius
Leontius (; died 15 February 706) was Byzantine emperor under the regnal name Leo from 695 to 698. Little is known of his early life, other than that he was born in Isauria in Asia Minor. He was given the title of patrikios, and made strategos of the Anatolic Theme under Emperor Constantine IV. He led forces against the Umayyads during the early years of Justinian II's reign, securing victory and forcing the Umayyad caliph, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, to sue for peace.
Alexios III Angelos
Byzantine emperor
Vasily II of Moscow
Grand Prince of Moscow (1415-1462)
Gregory Palamas
14th century Byzantine Greek cleric and theologian
Avvakum
Avvakum Petrov (; 20 November 1620/1621 – 14 April 1682; also spelled Awakum) was a Russian Old Believer and protopope of the Kazan Cathedral on Red Square who led the opposition to Patriarch Nikon's reforms of the Russian Orthodox Church. His autobiography and letters to the tsar and other Old Believers such as Feodosia Morozova are considered masterpieces of 17th-century Russian literature.
Artabasdos
Artabasdos or Artavasdos ( or , from , , , Latinized as Artabasdus) was a Byzantine general of Armenian descent who seized the throne from June 741 until November 743, in usurpation of the reign of Constantine V.
Chilperic II
King of Neustria
Béla II of Hungary
Hungarian king (1108-1141)
Hyacinth
Russian sinologist, historian, and missionary (1777–1853)
Eudoxia Lopukhina
russian Tsarina as the first wife of Peter I
Inês de Castro
disputed wife of Peter I of Portugal
Skoptsy
thumb|Skoptsy woman having undergone a mastectomy
Marie Louise Gonzaga
Queen of Poland (1611-1667)
Gregory VIII
antipope 1118—1121
Constantine II
8th-century antipope
Innocent III
cardinal, antipope in 1179/1180
Theodoros Metochites
Byzantine scholar (1270-1332)
Patriarch Philaret of Moscow
Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia
Fortún Garcés of Pamplona
King of Pamplona from 882 to 905
Maximus the Greek
Greek monk and scholar
John III of Trebizond
Emperor of Trebizond
Hans Tausen
Danish religious reformer
Isidore of Kyiv
Catholic cardinal
Fabia Eudokia
Byzantine empress, the first empress-consort of Heraclius
Feodosia Morozova
Russian noble and saint
Hermogenes of Moscow
Russian bishop
Euthymius of Tarnovo
Bulgarian patriarch, writer
Ivan Stephen of Bulgaria
Bulgarian ruler
Alexius of Constantinople
Patriarch of Constantinople
Alfonso Fróilaz
king of Galicia from 925 to 926 CE
Benedetta Carlini
Italian mystic and nun
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez
Mexican insurgent (1768–1829)
Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow
Russian Orthodox bishop, venerated as a saint and martyr
Emanuele d'Astorga
Italian composer
Maria Nagaya
Russian tsaritsa
Victor of Tunnuna
priest and chronicler
Athanasius of Brest-Litovsk
Eastern Orthodox saint
Nikephoros
Caesar of the Byzantine empire
Liutperga
Liutperga (Liutpirc) (fl 750 - fl. 793) was a Duchess of Bavaria by marriage to Tassilo III, the last Agilolfing Duke of Bavaria. She was the daughter of Desiderius, King of the Lombards, and Ansa.
Bolesław I of Masovia
Polish noble
Anna Koltovskaya
Tsarina of All Russia
Theodosius I of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 1179-1183
Ambrosius of Georgia
Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia (1861-1927)
Hugh the Abbot
abbot
Anthimus III, Patriarch of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch in 1822–1824
Gundeberga
Gundeberga or Gundeperga ( – after 653) was queen of the Lombards in 626–652 by marriage to the kings Arioald (king of the Lombards; 626–636) and his successor Rothari (king of the Lombards; 636–652). She acted as Regent during the minority of her stepson Rodoald after the death of her second husband in 652.
Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva
Valencian priest and writer
Cezar Bolliac
Romanian writer and scholar
Ana-Neda
Ana-Neda (Bulgarian Анна-Неда and ; fl. 1323–1324) was the Empress consort of Bulgaria briefly in 1323–1324 as the spouse of "Despot of Vidin" Michael Asen III "Shishman" who was elected as Emperor of Bulgaria in 1323 and Empress of Bulgaria during the 1330 - 1331. Some historians believe that she may have ruled as regent for her son, but this hypothesis is meaning as controversial. She was the daughter of Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin and Princess Elizabeth Arpad, daughter of King Stephen V of Hungary and Elizabeth the Kuman, a daughter of Köten. From the marriage with Michael Asen III,
Ekaterina Alekseyevna Dolgorukova
Engaged to tsar Peter II of Russia
Solomonia Saburova
Russian Orthodox saint and wife of Grand Prince Vasili III of Muscovy
Ignatius of Moscow
Patriarch of Moscow
Alexios Axouch
officer (1105-1187)
Vasilisa Melentyeva
Russian tsaritsa
Grzymislawa of Luck
Grzymisława, Duchess, consort of Leszek the White, Duke of Cracow and Sandomierz, -1258
Arsenius
Russian saint and bishop (1697-1772)