Seth Ward (1617–1689): Anglican Bishop of Salisbury and Savilian Chair of Astronomy from 1649 to 1661. He also did works of theology and sermons. Juan Lobkowitz (1606–1682): Cistercian monk who did work on Combinatorics and published astronomy tables at age 10. He dedicated one of his astronomy books to Jesus Christ, a "theo-astronomy" work was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and he wondered if beings on other planets were "cursed by original sin like humans are." Anton Maria of Rheita (1597–1660): Capuchin astronomer. He also published the first work on the Transit of Mercury and corrected the geographical coordinates of the Mediterranean Sea. Pierre Gassendi (1592–1655): Catholic priest who tried to reconcile Atomism with Christianity. Johannes Kepler (1571–1630): Prominent astronomer of the Scientific Revolution, discovered Kepler's laws of planetary motion. Laurentius Gothus (1565–1646): A professor of astronomy and Archbishop of Uppsala. Galileo Galilei (1564–1642): Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician who played a major role in the scientific revolution during the Renaissance. Francis Bacon (1561–1626): Considered among the fathers of empiricism and is credited with establishing the inductive method of experimental science via what is called the scientific method today. He was also a mathematician who wrote on Euclid, an astronomer, and a designer of mechanical devices. Ignazio Danti (1536–1586): As bishop of Alatri he convoked a diocesan synod to deal with abuses. He later became a Dean of Wells Cathedral, but was expelled for nonconformity. He was arrested for preaching in favor of the Reformation. William Turner (c.1508–1568): sometimes called the "father of English botany" and was also an ornithologist. In botany his Herbarum vivae icones helped earn him acclaim as one of the "fathers of botany". His Catalogi virorum illustrium is considered to be the first book on the history of evangelical sects that had broken away from the Catholic Church. Otto Brunfels (1488–1534): A theologian and botanist from Mainz, Germany. His philosophical speculations also anticipated Copernicus' heliocentric world-view. Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464): Catholic cardinal and theologian who made contributions to the field of mathematics by developing the concepts of the infinitesimal and of relative motion. One of his many scientific contributions is the discovery of the curvature of light through atmospheric refraction. Nicole Oresme (c.1323–1382): Theologian and bishop of Lisieux, he was one of the early founders and popularizers of modern sciences. This theory gave way to the dynamics of Galileo Galilei and for Isaac Newton's famous principle of inertia. 
One of his most significant contributions to science was the development of the theory of impetus, that explained the movement of projectiles and objects in free-fall. Jean Buridan (1300–58): French philosopher and priest.He wrote that: "Natural science does not consist in ratifying what others have said, but in seeking the causes of phenomena." Yet he rejected elements of Aristotelianism that conflicted with Catholicism and drew on his faith as well as Neo-Platonic ideas to "balance" "troubling" Aristotelian elements. Albertus Magnus (c.1193–1280): patron saint of scientists in Catholicism who may have been the first to isolate arsenic.He affirmed that experiments should be used in order to verify a theory, testing its consequences and added greatly to the development of the scientific method. He had a great interest in the natural world and wrote texts on the mathematical sciences of optics, astronomy and geometry. Robert Grosseteste (c.1175–1253): Bishop of Lincoln, he was the central character of the English intellectual movement in the first half of the 13th century and is considered the founder of scientific thought in Oxford.She is considered to be the founder of scientific natural history in Germany Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179): also known as Saint Hildegard and Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess.
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