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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Catholic_clergy_scientists
This is a list of Catholic churchmen[1] throughout history who have made contributions to science.
These churchmen-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.