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Historically Significant but Not Venerated

This page groups historical figures by how actively they are venerated today, from figures with a living feast day and shrine to ones remembered only in scholarship. Many traditions formalize this status through a process such as canonization, which Wikipedia defines as "the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint." Browsing this way lets a visitor tell a figure with ongoing devotion apart from one preserved only in historical record.

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Comparative Religion 2
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Historical Figures 1
Historically Significant but Not Venerated
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Allan Kardec

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Andreas Karlstadt

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Anton LaVey

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Auguste Comte

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Balthasar Hubmaier

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Basava

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Black Elk

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Brigham Young

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Charles Manson

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Charles Taze Russell

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Choe Je-u

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Christina Grof

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Conrad Grebel

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

David Joris

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

David Unaipon

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Don Richard Riso

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Dutty Boukman

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Emma Curtis Hopkins

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Ernest Holmes

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Felix Manz

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Geert Groote

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

George Blaurock

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

George Fox

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Hal Lindsey

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Handsome Lake

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Hans Denck

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Harold Camping

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Hawayo Takata

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Helen Schucman

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Henry Steel Olcott

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Joseph Franklin Rutherford

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Julia Seton

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Malinda Cramer

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Mark Hofmann

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Martín Ocelotl

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Mary Baker Eddy

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Masaharu Taniguchi

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Mau Piailug

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Michael Aquino

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Michael Harner

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Myrtle Fillmore

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Nakayama Miki

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Ngo Van Chieu

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Nona L. Brooks

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Nongqawuse

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Okomfo Anokye

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Onisaburo Deguchi

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

Oral Roberts

Historically Significant but Not Venerated

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Africa, Continents

This source names Africa directly: "founders of colonial and postcolonial Africa, the Pacific and the Americas, and the twentieth century's new religious movements."

Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
Americas, Continents

This source names Americas directly: "Africa, the Pacific and the Americas, and the twentieth century's new religious movements."

Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
  • Category: Historical Figures
2. Wikipedia: Comparative religion
WikipediaComparative religion, opening definition
Quote, Comparative religion, opening definition
Comparative religion is the branch of religious studies that systematically compares the doctrines, practices, themes and impacts (including migration) of the worlds religions.
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Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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