Siddhartha Gautama, founder of Buddhism

Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism

Moses is a central figure in the Hebrew Bible and Judaism. According to biblical tradition, he led the Hebrew people out of Egypt during the Exodus and received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. He is venerated as the great lawgiver and prophet of the people of Israel.

First known composer, visionary, Doctor of the Church

Poète soufi persan, Mathnawî, fondateur des derviches tourneurs

Spanish Dominican friar (1474–1566) who devoted his life to defending the rights of Indigenous peoples against the abuses of the conquistadors. He denounced the atrocities committed during the Spanish colonization of the Americas and argued for the humanity of Native peoples before the Spanish Crown.

Spanish soldier and religious figure (1491–1556), Ignatius of Loyola founded the Society of Jesus in 1540, a religious order central to the Catholic Counter-Reformation. Canonized in 1622, he embodies the Church's response to Protestant reforms.

French Protestant reformer (1509–1564) who founded Calvinism, a major branch of the Protestant Reformation. He settled in Geneva, where he established a strict religious community and profoundly influenced European Protestantism.

German theologian and monk (1483–1546), Martin Luther is the founder of Protestantism. In 1517, he criticized abuses within the Catholic Church, particularly the sale of indulgences, triggering the Protestant Reformation and splitting Western Christianity.

Réformatrice du Carmel, mystique, docteur de l'Église