Home›Religious Founders, Prophets & Reformers›Veneration Status›Historically Significant but Not VeneratedBrowse ByHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedThis 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.FactsHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonPrimary Academic DisciplineWell-attestedComparative Religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedHistorical Figures 1Historically Significant but Not VeneratedFilter Results68 entriesTraditionAllAztec Religion (1)Buddhism (1)Cao Đài (1)Christianity (16)Eckankar (1)Goddess Movement (1)Haitian Vodou (1)Haudenosaunee Longhouse Religion (1)Hinduism (3)Latter Day Saint Movement (1)Modern Satanism (1)Native American Religion (3)New Thought (8)Omoto (1)Spiritism (1)Tenrikyo (1)Theosophy (2)Wicca (1)Xhosa Traditional Religion (1)Yarsanism (1)Yorùbá Religion (Ifá) (1)EraAll1105 to 1167 (1)1400 to 1450 (1)1501 to 1556 (1)1624 to 1691 (1)1655 to 1717 (1)1735 to 1815 (1)1798 to 1857 (1)1798 to 1887 (1)1801 to 1877 (1)1802 to 1866 (1)1804 to 1869 (1)1815 to 1895 (1)1821 to 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New Religion Founders (6)Hindu and Dharmic Founders (3)Islamic Founders and Reformers (1)Latter Day Saint Movement Founders (2)Native American and Indigenous Tradition Founders (9)Neopagan and Wiccan Founders (2)New Age, Esoteric and Theosophical Founders (21)Protestant and Evangelical Founders (7)Syncretic and New Religious Movement Founders (3)Member OfAllChristian Broadcasting Network (1)Revered InAllCao Đài (1)Christianity (17)Eckankar (1)Haudenosaunee Longhouse Religion (1)Hinduism (3)Latter Day Saint Movement (1)Modern Satanism (1)New Thought (7)Omoto (1)Shamanism (Tradition) (1)Spiritism (1)Tenrikyo (1)Theosophy (2)Yarsanism (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 18Oscar IchazoHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedPat RobertsonHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedPaul TwitchellHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedPhineas Parkhurst QuimbyHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedSimon KimbanguHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedSmohallaHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedStanislav GrofHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedStarhawkHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedSultan SahakHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedSwami Satyananda SaraswatiHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedTe Whiti o RongomaiHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedThomas MuntzerHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedWande AbimbolaHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedWilliam Quan JudgeHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedWim HofHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedWodziwobHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedWovokaHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedZsuzsanna BudapestHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedShowing 51 to 68 of 68, page 2 of 2.← Previous12ConnectionsAssociated WithAfrica, Continents Well-attested 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 Descriptionstier 1Americas, Continents Well-attested 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 Descriptionstier 1Sources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Category: Historical Figures2. Wikipedia: Comparative religiontier 2WikipediaComparative religion, opening definitionQuote, Comparative religion, opening definitionComparative religion is the branch of religious studies that systematically compares the doctrines, practices, themes and impacts (including migration) of the worlds religions.View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.