Some selected biographies of notable Christian personalities.
- Jesus Christ – Founder of Christianity
- Mother Teresa – Modern day saint. Devoted life to service of poor and underprivileged.
- Pope John Paul II – Influential Pope of the Twentieth Century
- St Francis of Assisi – Great Saint and initiated a new order of friars dedicated to the essence of the Gospels.
- St Teresa of Avila – Great mystic Saint of Spain
- St Therese of Lisieux – modern day saint, who taught the small path of love.
- Bernadette Soubirous – As a young girl had visions of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes, France. Later canonised as a saint,
- Joan of Arc – uneducated French peasant girl, who shaped a nation’s destiny.
- William Tyndale– Reforming priest who sought to see the Bible translated into English and greater use of the gospel in church.
- John Wesley – Founder of Methodism.
- Thomas Beckett – Saint murdered by Henry II
- Abbe Pierre – French Priest known for humanitarian works.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer – Germany priest who opposed Hitler
- Desmond Tutu – South African Bishop who opposed apartheid.
- Martin Luther – Great leader of the Reformation.
- J.S. Bach
- St Paul – an early follower of Christ. Wrote letters of St Paul, which forms an important part of the New Testament.
- John Wycliffe – 14th Century reformer. Helped produce first Bibles in English and attacked privileges of the church.
- John Wesley – Founder of Methodism
- Maximilian Kolbe – Polish priest. Volunteered to die in someone’s place at Auschwitz.
- Pope Francis (1936 – ) First pope from the Americas and first Jesuit pope.
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