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List of Roman Catholic cleric-scientists
This is a list of
Roman Catholic
clerics
throughout history who have made contributions to science. These cleric-scientists include
Nicolaus Copernicus
,
Gregor Mendel
,
Georges Lemaître
,
Albertus Magnus
,
Roger Bacon
,
Pierre Gassendi
,
Roger Joseph Boscovich
,
Marin Mersenne
,
Bernard Bolzano
,
Francesco Maria Grimaldi
,
Nicole Oresme
,
Jean Buridan
,
Robert Grosseteste
,
Christopher Clavius
,
Nicolas Steno
,
Athanasius Kircher
,
Giovanni Battista Riccioli
,
William of Ockham
, and others listed below. The Catholic Church has also produced many
lay scientists and mathematicians
.
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