Nope. Never heard of them as a Catholic.
Did you not read Augustine or in the sermons of Gregory the Great? Who told you not to?
Nobody. You can't search out something you were never told of.
Did they make you afraid or tell you you were unworthy to go the the great and clear springs and restrict you to the muddy water of the local priest?
No, I don't recall EVER hearing of any of those men.
Why did you listen?
See previous post. It's not worth risking eternity in hell by challenging the local priest. We were afraid of them. You just stayed off their radar.
I don't get it.
That's likely because it appears that you had a different Catholic experience than a great many of us.
I ask because the thesis of the funny book "Why Catholics can't Sing" argues that under the persecutions Irish Catholics became Jansenist in mood and outlook. I don't know that much about the sociology of the Catholic Church.
Still, IMHO what was done to you and those who shared your experience is a terrible crime. No wonder you turned your back on us! They have a lot to answer for. The ignorant should at least shut up, and you were taught by the prideful ignorant.
Well I have heard of all of those named.. and ya know what..NOT ONE OF THEM was infallible... ...I will trust the word of God..something most Catholics are woefully ignorant on