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POPE GREGORY XII : Our normal calendar is named after this guy I.e greorian calendar. This son of a wealthy senator rose to become one of Four doctors of the latin church he built 6 monastries before he became pope.

UZOLEXIS THANKS

deeobserver209: What I find a bit odd about the first Priest FATHER GREGOR MENDEL is his invention. I understand we humans have variety of passions and intrest in diverse fields. But upon all the problems faced by man in the area of health and science this guy choose to produce killer bees?

Well at least his research opened doors for more medical breakthroughs

Pavore9: All l know is that to be a Jesuit Priest no be beans! lt is easier to get admitted to Havard university than joining the Order of the Society of Jesus! U go know wetin dey your head!

The criterias are pretty tough

7) St ALBERTUS MAGNUS: St Albert the Great was so influential in philosophy and
science in the Middle Ages that he has been named one
of only 33 “Doctors” of the Church. He was the first man
to comment on virtually every extant work of Aristotle
opening up the Greek philosophers to scrutiny. Without
his commentaries and his influence on his pupils,
modern philosophy would be a very different monster
today and one might even say that the enlightenment
may never have happened (as it was, in part, a rebellion
against the medieval philosophies of the likes of St
Albert). Through logic and observation, St Albert wrote
in-depth works on such varied subjects as logic,
theology, botany, geography, astronomy, astrology,
mineralogy, chemistry, zoology, physiology, phrenology
and more. He is, perhaps, the greatest thinker and most
influential scholar of the middle ages.

6) SAINT JEROME: JEROME translated the BIBLE into the common language of his day( latin) for once the precious truths of GOD's word could be enjoyed by the unschooled.Jerome is considered the most learned of the Latin Church
Fathers, being fluent in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, with
knowledge of Aramaic, Arabic, and Syriac, according to St.
Jerome: Perils of a Bible Translator. In addition, he made
available to westerners other Greek texts. Jerome had a
dream in which he was criticized for being a Ciceronian( a follower of cicero)
which he interpreted to mean he should read Christian
material, not the Classics, so he changed his focus.

uzolexis: St Gregory, he invented the Gregorian calendar which is widely used today to count the days and months of the year

Coming soon thanks

berem: Oya tell us the truth na! Mtscheeeew!!

Proudly Catholic for life!

May u find favour in unexpected places my pal. I researched before posting this things, any one is free to criticise sha.

frodobee: Is it limited to sciences? Can we add humanities?

My broda you are free to add

korel9: If they all spent their Sundays on nairaland like you they won't have made it this far

Funny guy u nko

So far guys what do you think? Do you have any one u feel should make this list?

5) SAINT IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA: St Ignatius has an
entry here because he was the founder of the Jesuits
Since their founder, this order of educator priests have
been given credit for “the single most important
contributor to experimental physics in the seventeenth
century.” They also “contributed to the development of
pendulum clocks, pantographs, barometers, reflecting
telescopes and microscopes, to scientific fields as various
as magnetism, optics and electricity. They observed, in

4) NICHOLAS COPERNICUS : There is some doubt as to whether Copernicus
eventually became a priest as we only have evidence
that he took minor orders (the first stages of the
priesthood) but his fame, and the possibility that he was
ultimately ordained – make him a worthwhile addition.

He pointed the fact that the sun not the earth was the centre of solar system, he delayed publication of his book for fear of persecution for a guy who had no bachelors degree, lost his parents at 10 the father of modern astronomy deserves a mention here.

3) THOMAS AQUINAS: Atheists will definitely know this guy, this guy defied his family to join the DOMINICAN ORDER his SUMMA THEOLOGICA is still used in the seminary till date. He is the PATRON SAINTS OF STUDENTS. his family once locked him in a tower, sent in a prostitute just to prevent him from being a priest

2) FATHER GEORGES LEMAITRE : This jesuit priest prove to us that religeon and science can go together. He is the father of the BIG BANG THEORY, and the propounder of HUBBLES LAW after reading his paper einstein remarked: your calculations are good but your physics is abominable

Not just through theology but also
science and philosophy. This list takes a look at ten
priests who made significant discoveries or in other ways
changed the way we think, the way we live, or the way
we believe. Ranking these religious men is very difficult
and it is impossible to place one above the
other. This is by no means to be considered a “top 10″
list as there are certainly many more equally great
religious from history to choose from.

1) FATHER GREGOR MENDEL:A pioneer in the field of genetics. He produced hybrid bees that where so ferocious they had to be destroyed. Even though an ordained catholic priest, the catholic church never fully supported his work in fact after his death his science papers were burnt by his abbot. His last words were: MY TIME WILL COME

Tallesty1: It makes sense.

Your signature is on point

Tallesty1: I supportly support you. I once a saw a thread here "15 things that men want". I opened it and realised after reading it that I don't need 12 of them.

True talk my bro. A lot of female propaganda going on. Most especially "money will get u any gal" its not totally true. In some cases women just want financial security

Austindark: well, I know dat with MONEY and plenty of MONEY all these ones na jara... she won't even remember dem.

just give her money wen she didn't ask for it. take her to d ATM, close her eyes and tell her to type any 6 digits of her choice.
trust me her love will just fill d air even wen is not February 14

[I]NL girls dey come for you[/i] #runs for cover#

[quote author=mazumathe1st][/quote]. Hehehehehe you just dey trail d guy.

mazumathe1st: smart move I must say,he nids 2 b relevant afta govnor...I dey feel d man jare....he is a tif lyk d rest doe,bt knws ow to play hs cards

. You think like a skilled politician

Naija politicians be cross carpeting since nepa take light.

2015 no far, wetin go happen go happen.

Lol who would have believed it.@ op how does he find time to watch it?

Abuloma80: NO 6. UNASSITED NIGERIAN BIRTH.

This is so true with most FULANIS. Its a sign of modesty and bravery.
The womans stays in her room and keeps to herself all the labour pain.
Not a single noise that will show she is in labour i.e. no groanning, screeming nor shauting. Unlike other tribes the woman shauts, screems and even tear her
clothes all because she is in labour or delivering.

The Fulani woman quitely endures the labour and delivers her baby all alone,
thereafter she calls either neighbours or inlaws (if leaving with them) who come to assist with bathing the baby and cleaning the room. Infact others go extra mile by bathing the baby cleaning the room before informing others.

. Woooooooooooow thanks for sharing. Didn't knoow this o

YoungDaNaval: Disgusting!

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flipflop: @OP, good post! Keep it up. Lol at no 9, where a chinese woman has to keep a knife under her pillow. thank God I'm not chinese, because the way i roll around when I sleep, I might just wake up one night with the knife stuck in my eye!

Thanks my sis.

daveP: @ OP, il like to know if the dipping of newborns in hot, steaming water in ghana is true. ( only heard a doctor from there tell me that) i wonder if thats y theyre so black.

Its largely unconfirmed

Olajummylove: Wow... the yawning and no 9 got me thinking

Did you yawn while reading it? Talk true o

abdulaz: same thing applies to clockwise and anticlockwise direction to those who are left handed.

On point sir. Very very on point.