DougJoe wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 12, 2022 6:48 pm

Free guess: Nicolaus Copernicus

Some people work hard, go to work every day, pay taxes and their mortgage, worry about parking tickets. And some just win lotteries.

Copernicus it is

JECE wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 12, 2022 3:43 pm

Jamiet99uk's dirty tricks led me to waste my free guess.

Cunning, very cunning . . .

I can reimburse that

Ferdack wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 12, 2022 3:41 pm

Was he born in the Italian peninsula?

no

JECE wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 12, 2022 3:28 pm

[...] we have to conclude that the person we are looking for was childless.

A very good inference!

JECE wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 12, 2022 3:24 pm

You're right, ha ha.

Then fine, I guess Marco Polo.

No, not Marco Polo.

Not sure how helpful it might appear, but I can add as a hint, that our subject was a clergyman, thus his Penistone was OFFICIALLY not to be used in a certain way.

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 12, 2022 2:44 pm

Was he a Pope (or Antipope?)

no

Kakarroto wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 12, 2022 1:36 pm

Hm, my first hunch was Martin Luther, but it seems I have been off there.

To be explicit, my negation of his involvement in carpentry was directly referring to Luther. But since it has only been implied by you, I'm not going to count it as a free guess.

Hm, my first hunch was Martin Luther, but it seems I have been off there. Nationality wise (if we can even speak of a 'nation' at that time) there were Poland, South Germany, Spain, Portugal and Italy who remained staunched catholic (however if it is before the reform the scandinavian lands might a...

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 12, 2022 11:48 am

Would historians today identify him as a protestant?

No, he was a Catholic through and through.

damo666 wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 12, 2022 10:29 am

Alive after 31.12.1299?

yes

Kakarroto wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 12, 2022 6:15 am

Was he mainly involved in matters of the Clergy (like a theologian, monk, priest, pope or someone who would nail his thesis on a door)?

If we remove 'mainly' from the question, the answer will be 'yes'. However, he was not involved in carpentry, as suggested.

damo666 wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 11, 2022 5:23 pm

Politician/Statesman/Royalty ?

He was involved in politics to some degree, but this was not the domain of his activity for which he will be remembered.

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 11, 2022 4:29 pm

Did he serve in the military?

no

damo666 wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 11, 2022 3:30 pm

Born before 1st January 1850?

yes

damo666 wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 11, 2022 2:20 pm

First language French?

no

So far we know about that person:
1. real
2. dead
3. a native speaker of a language other than English
4. born in Europe
5. a man, possibly an owner of a penis

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 11, 2022 11:34 am

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 11, 2022 11:34 am

Did this person have a Penistone?

Wtf autocorrect?

Did this person have a penis?

That's an extraordinary way to formulate this question LOL

The answer: I would assume that he had it, since he has always, without doubt, been identified as male.

Hamish wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 11, 2022 10:59 am

Born in Europe? (Or at least what we consider Europe nowadays.)

yes

Hamish wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 11, 2022 10:52 am

Native English speaker?

no

damo666 wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 11, 2022 10:04 am

Dead?

dead