Religion Archives - Page 14 of 27

Adèle Euphrasie Barbier

New Zealand Roman Catholic religious sister, teacher and founder of a congregation of religious sisters.

Úrsula Micaela Morata

Nun, mystic, and the founder of the Capuchin Poor Clares convent in Alicante, Spain.

Ageltrude

Empress and Queen of Italy in the late 800s

In 1930, she earned her doctorate from the University of Marburg with her thesis on “Techniques in the Translations of German-Jewish Biblical Translations.” That same year, in 1930, she immigrated to Mandate Palestine. For the next twenty-five years, she taught at a religious Zionist teachers’ seminar.

Regina Jonas

Regina Jonas’s studies at the Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums led her to write a thesis titled “Can a Woman Be a Rabbi According to Halachic Sources?” Despite protests, she received her semicha on December 27, 1935.

Maria of Jever

The last ruler of the Lordship of Jever from the Wiemken family. She reigned from 1517 until her death on February 20, 1575.

Harriet Powers

American folk artist and quilter.

Hazrat Babajan

Pashtun Muslim saint, considered by her followers to be a Sadguru (”true guru”) or Qutub (in Sufism, the perfect human being, a spiritual leader who has a divine connection with God and passes knowledge on).