Erasmus dedicated his work to Pope Leo X as a patron of learning and regarded this work as his chief service to the cause of Christianity.

A patron of learning, Joachim Nestor established the Viadrina university of Frankfurt ( Oder ) in 1506.

Clement VI died in December 1352, leaving the reputation of " a fine gentleman, a prince munificent to profusion, a patron of the arts and learning, but no saint " ( Gregorovius ; see also Gibbon, chap.

Rudolf's legacy has traditionally been viewed in three ways: an ineffectual ruler whose mistakes led directly to the Thirty Years ' War ; a great and influential patron of Northern Mannerist art ; and a devotee of occult arts and learning which helped seed the scientific revolution.

He was more intrigued by occult learning such as astrology and alchemy, which was mainstream in the Renaissance period, and had a wide variety of personal hobbies such as horses, clocks, collecting rarities, and being a patron of the arts.

* March 13 – Theodore Metochites, Byzantine statesman, author, man of learning, and patron of the arts ( b. 1270 )

In the late 13th century Guiraut Riquier bemoaned the inexactness of his contemporaries and wrote a letter to Alfonso X of Castile, a noted patron of literature and learning of all kinds, for clarification on the proper reference of the terms trobador and joglar.

She was a patron of the new learning, like many Renaissance nobles: Gentian Hervet translated Erasmus ' de immensa misericordia Dei ( The Great Mercy of God ) into English for her.

Wodelarke may have chosen the name in homage to the mother of King Henry VI who was called Catharine, although it is more likely that it was named as part of the Renaissance cult of St Catharine, who was a patron saint of learning.

His ambitions were boundless and his morals lax ; however, like many prelates of his age, he was a patron of learning and the arts.

The college was named after Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII, renowned patron of scholarship and learning.

Séguier was a man of great learning, and throughout his life a patron of literature.

* Charles Blount, 5th Baron Mountjoy, courtier and patron of learning ( 16th century )

In 1856, on the recommendation of Ranke, Sybel accepted the post of professor at Munich, where King Maximilian II of Bavaria, a generous patron of learning, hoped to establish a school of history.

Charles V was a patron of learning and encouraged the making and collection of books.

Roe was an accomplished scholar and a patron of learning.

He also had a widespread reputation as a patron of learning and the arts.

William VI, who came of age in 1650, was an enlightened patron of learning and the arts.

He was a patron of learning, a celebrated poet and a musician.

There he remained for four years, learning something of the art of poetry from his patron ; some of the poems he contributed later ( 1555 ) to Nicholas Grimald's and Richard Tottel's collection, Songes and Sonettes ( known more often as Tottel's Miscellany ), may well date from this early period.

* Charles Blount, 5th Baron Mountjoy ( 1516 – 1544 ), English courtier and patron of learning

Wodelarke may have chosen the name in homage to the mother of King Henry VI who was called Catharine, although it is more likely that it was named as part of the Renaissance cult of St Catharine, who was a patron saint of learning.

He was a patron of learning, and one of the first English collectors of books.

Saint Brigid is also the patron saint of studies and learning, just as the older Celtic goddess Brigid succoured the creative arts and poetry.

In 1896 Pope Leo also declared Claver the patron of missionary work among all African peoples.

Michael celebrated the birth of Leo with public chariot races, a sport he was an enthusiastic patron of and participant in.

In 1885, Pope Leo XIII gave him as patron to the Sisters of Charity.

* Leo Frank Schuster, British patron of the arts

He became master of the papal chapel in 1514, now under the Medici Pope Leo X, who was an enthusiastic patron of music and the arts.

The city had been laid waste by the 8th century to such an extent that bishop Leo of Acerenza in Lucania translated the saint's relics to Acerenza, where he would be made the patron saint.

Pope Pius X proclaimed her patron of Latin America in 1910.

In 1908, Pope Pius X designated St. John the Baptist as the patron saint of French Canadians.

In 1908, Pope Pius X designated John the Baptist as the patron saint of the French-Canadians.

In 1840, Gregory XVI placed the society in the rank of Universal Catholic institutions, and on 25 March 1904, in the first year of his pontificate, Pius X recommended it to the charity of all the faithful, praising its work, confirming its privileges, and raising the feast of its patron, St. Francis Xavier, to a higher rite.

* Xavier ( X )-after St. Francis Xavier, the famous Jesuit missionary to India and Japan, and the school's patron.

A great patron of learning, in 1254 Alfonso X founded the Estudio General o Universidad de Sevilla for instruction in Latin and Arabic ; it did not continue, however — the present University of Seville is considered to have been founded in 1505.

Many historians consider, however, that he deserves to be famous in his own right, not only as a soldier, but as a patron of literature, a writer on strategy and perhaps as an early industrialist.

He was the last pope to expand the papal territory by force of arms, and was a prominent patron of the arts and reformer of Church missions.

She was also a prominent patron of architecture, being responsible for the building of the Place Louis XV ( now called Place de la Concorde ) and the École Militaire in Paris, both built by her protégé Ange-Jacques Gabriel.

During the latter half of the 18th century and the early 19th century, Admiral Sir William Luard was the town's most prominent citizen, a resident of Chipping Hill and a founder and patron of St. Nicolas ' Church.

In the early 1960s, when the Orchestra was preparing to move to new facilities at Place des Arts, patron and prominent Montreal philanthropist, John Wilson McConnell, purchased the Laub-Petschnikoff Stradivarius violin of 1727 for Calvin Sieb, the Symphony's concertmaster.

Famous local Sheikhs include Abdirahman bin Isma ' il al-Jabarti, an early Muslim leader in northern Somalia ; Abadir Umar Ar-Rida, the patron saint of Harar ; Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, Sheikh of the riwaq in Cairo who recorded the Napoleonic invasion of Egypt ; Abd Al-Rahman bin Ahmad al-Zayla ' i, scholar who played a crucial role in the spread of the Qadiriyyah movement in Somalia and East Africa ; Shaykh Sufi, 19th century scholar, poet, reformist and astrologist ; Abdallah al-Qutbi, polemicist, theologian and philosopher best known for his five-part Al-Majmu ' at al-mubaraka (" The Blessed Collection "); and Muhammad Al-Sumaalee, teacher in the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca who influenced many of the prominent Islamic scholars of today.

His stepmother Janet de Botton is a prominent patron of the arts and competition bridge player.

Giles is also the patron saint of Edinburgh, Scotland, where St. Giles ' Cathedral is a prominent landmark.

His cult became prominent in the late Warring States and early Han period, when he was portrayed as the originator of the centralized state, a patron of esoteric arts, a cosmic ruler, and a lord of the underworld.

The theater was acquired with the help of opera patron Susan Timken, the heiress to a prominent New England company fortune.

Heinrich Hirschsprung, a prominent businessman who ran a successful tobacco manufacturing business, and was a patron of the arts.

British Army regiments typically have an honorary " colonel ", often a member of the Royal Family or a prominent retired military officer with connections to the regiment, who functions as a kind of patron or guardian of the regiment's interests in high government circles.

In 8th century ancient Java during the era of Medang Kingdom, Manjusri was a prominent boddhisattva deity revered by the Sailendra rulers, the patron of Mahayana buddhism.

Margherita Sarfatti ( April 8, 1880, Venice — October 30, 1961, Cavallasca ) was a Jewish Italian journalist, art critic, patron, collector, socialite, a prominent propaganda adviser of the National Fascist Party, and one of Benito Mussolini's mistresses.

Prominent members of the Mocatta family have included Frederick David Mocatta, a prominent philanthropist, bibliophile, patron of the arts, and bullion broker.

It is possible, however, that the mentioning of Saint Lucius of Britain in the Liber Pontificalis soon led to a scholarly identification of the otherwise somewhat shapeless patron saint with his more prominent British namesake.

Although considered a prominent patron of the arts and sciences during his long reign, Johann II was also considered to be rather unsociable and did not participate in social events.

Guest dreamed of establishing a small boarding school in the country, and did so with the support and financial assistance of Sir Byron Edmund Walker, a prominent Canadian businessman and patron of the arts.

Vickery was a leading merchant and a most prominent patron of the Methodist Church.

She became a prominent patron of modern art and artists in America, using the example of their European predecessors, such as Picasso and Matisse.

In New York, Koenigswarter became a friend and patron of many prominent jazz musicians, hosting jam sessions in her hotel suite, and lending them her chauffeur and Rolls Royce when they needed a lift to performances.

Drue Heinz, born Doreen Mary English, is a prominent patron of the literary arts in the United States.

The newspaper described him as a “ prominent clubman, patron of the arts, social figure, and one time nursery operator .” A few years later, Bernice opened her home to various garden clubs and environmentally related groups.

During the 1930s the Castle was home to Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, a prominent patron of the arts and champion of Welsh culture.

Joan Whitney Payson ( February 5, 1903 – October 4, 1975 ) was an American heiress, businesswoman, philanthropist, patron of the arts and art collector, and a member of the prominent Whitney family.