Giles of Santarém was a 13th century friar who signed his soul over to the devil. An angelic knight appeared in his library and threatened to kill him if he didn't repent. He repented so hard the devil was compelled to tear up his contract.

Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia was a 17th century Spanish friar who went on a secret spy mission to do catholic stuff in Japan even though they had a travel ban on Spaniards. He got caught and martyred. They have a cool action figure of him with several accessories in the Philippines

Gundisalvus of Amarante was a 13th century Portuguese priest credited with building a bridge. When the workers ran out of wine he smacked a rock with his stick and it split open and spilled wine everywhere (pro-labor king). He was also like a hundred fucking feet tall, according to this portrait

Vincent Ferrer was a 14th-15th century friar from Valencia who allegedly converted a lot of Jews in Spain and there's never any red flags associated with that whatsoever, so stay out of it. No relation to Rocher.

Jean Meslier was a 17th century priest who was confident there is no god. In his memoirs he passionately argues against organized religion, wishing “that all the great men in the world and all the nobility could be hanged, and strangled with the guts of the priests” and that’s pretty metal 🤘🏼

Albertus Magnus was a 13th century Dominican friar and one of the greatest medieval philosophers. He suggested the tides are influenced by the moon because water is attracted to the moon because it's intrinsically humid. That is craaaazy stupid, but his nickname Doctor Expertus is awesome

Antonio Ghislieri, a Dominican friar who eventually became Pope Pius V, was a real tightwad and a total snitch, lots of inquisiting. This 1566 portrait has scholars of today divided on whether or not he was a real guy or just famous character actor James Cromwell who is somehow apparently immortal

Thomas Aquinas was a 13th century friar and the father of a school of thought called Thomism. Nothing else in his biography tops that. If this 16th century panel from an altar piece is to be believed, he was also a big model guy. Built lil churches and whatnot. Woulda loved model trains probably

Bonaventura de Balneoregio was a Franciscan bishop who lived in the 13th century. His head was rumored to be “incorrupt” after he died but they lost it when Huguenots sacked Lyon and burned his body. This is a 17th century portrait “of” him, which is crazy cause they had no idea what he looked like