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| Judas Maccabee | He led the jews to recapture, purify, then won their independence |
| Jesus | Born in Bethlehem but he grew up in Nazarath. Every year he traveled with his parents to Jerusalem to celebrate passover. |
| John the Baptist | Asked Jesus to baptise him |
| Pontius Pilate | A jewish leader that felt that Jesus' teaching were contradicting the Roman Law |
| Mary Magdalene | Visited Jesus 2 days after his death and found the body missing. |
| Saul/Paul | He started out as a non-believer then he saw a blinding light and heard Jesus' voice and became Paul the Christian |
| Zealots | The band of Jewish Revoltanaries that revolted against the Romans in 66 A.D. |
| Nero | The emporor that killed Peter and Paul |
| Martyrs | Those who didn't change their religion so they were tourchered and executed in the arena |
| Peter | The 1st Bishop and as the Romans say the 1st Pope |
| St. Jerome | He was an intelectual. His greatest contribution to Christianity was his translation of the bible from Hebrew to Greek and Latin. This bible is know as the Vulgate Bible. |
| St. Ambrose | He was a bishop in northern Italy. He's remembered for challenging the emporor Theodosius on a moral issue. Speciafically he criticized the emporor for ruthlessly crushing an uprising. Which led the people to turn to the church for moral guidence. |
| St. Augustine | He didn't allow women priests from gettin married. He influenced Christianity more than any other saint. He was a bishop northern africa and wrote about 100 books on Christianity. He wrote the book CITY OF GOD which was a defence of christianity when alotof people were blaming it for the distruction of Rome by the Visagots. He also said that the distruction of the city gave the city to rebuild "A city of God" |
| St. Benedict | He was known for the Benedictine rule which was a set of regulations 4 monks and nuns to follow in their daily lives. They pladged poverty, Chastity, and obidience to God. It told them how often to pray, eat, work (hours) |
