Find out more about the greatest French Spiritual & Religious Leaders, including John Calvin, Pope Julius II, Bernadette Soubirous, Vincent de Paul and Francis de Sales.
John Calvin10 July 1509
Protestant Reformer, Theologian, Pastor
Bernadette Soubirous07 January 1844
Saint
Thérèse of Lisieux02 January 1873
Nun
Saint Sebastian0256 AD
Saint
Jacques de Molay1243 AD
Religious Leader
Pope Urban II1035 AD
Pope
Mirra Alfassa21 February 1878
Spiritual Guru
Charles I, Duke of Brittany1319 AD
Medieval Breton Leaders
DenisSaint
Martin of Tours0316 AD
Saint
Francis de Sales16 August 1567
Theologian, Priest, Writer
Pope Clement V1264 AD
Vincent de Paul24 April 1581
Catholic priest
Rashi22 February 1040
Rabbi
Genevieve0419 AD
Saint
Hilary of Poitiers0315 AD
theologian, priest, philosopher
Marcel Lefebvre29 November 1905
Theologian, Catholic priest
Pope Sylvester II0940 AD
astronomer, mathematician, politician, cleric,
Peter the Hermit1050 AD
Priest
Pope Leo IX21 June 1002
Catholic priest
Pope John XXII1244 AD
Pope
Pope Clement VI1291 AD
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès03 May 1748
French clergyman
Abdülmecid II29 May 1868
Caliph
Gregory of Tours30 November 0538
Historian
Pope Callixtus II1065 AD
Saint
Pope Nicholas II
Saint Bernard30 November 1089
Theologian
Pierre Cauchon1371 AD
Bishop of Beauvais
Louise de Marillac12 August 1591
Saint
Pope Clement IV23 November 1195
Pope Innocent V1225 AD
Pope
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Pope Gregory XI1329 AD
Pope Urban IV1195 AD
Pope
Pope Benedict XII1280 AD
Jacques Roux21 August 1752
Priest
Joseph Justus Scaliger05 August 1540
Scholar
Pope Martin IV27 March 1210
Pope
Pope Urban V1310 AD
Saint
Guntram0532 AD
Saint
Pope Innocent VI1282 AD
Pope
Georges-Hilaire Dupont16 November 1919
Catholic priest
Roch1295 AD
Saint
Jean Vianney08 May 1786
Parish priest
Albert Malbois17 November 1915
Theologian, Catholic priest
Hughes de Payens09 February 1074
Géry Leuliet12 January 1910
Theologian, University teacher, Catholic priest
Denis-Auguste Affre27 September 1793
Archbishop