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Saint Benedict of Aniane
French bishop
St. Benedict of Nursia
St. Benedict
Italian monk
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Saint Odo of Cluny
French abbot
“Saint Anthony”
St. Anthony of Egypt
Egyptian monk
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Saint Nilus of Ancyra
Greek abbot
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Theodore Ascidas
Greek monk-theologian
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Macarius the Egyptian
Egyptian monk
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Euthymius Of Tŭrnovo
Orthodox patriarch
St. John of the Cross
St. John of the Cross
Spanish mystic
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Saint Dunstan of Canterbury
English archbishop
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Pelagius
Christian theologian
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Saint Joseph of Volokolamsk
Russian Orthodox abbot and theologian
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Bernard de Cluny
French monk
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Philotheus Kokkinos
patriarch of Constantinople
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St. Oswald of York
English saint
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Harriet Starr Cannon
American religious leader