RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Alessandro Farnese

1520 - 1589

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Alessandro Farnese (5 October 1520 – 2 March 1589), an Italian cardinal and diplomat and a great collector and patron of the arts, was the grandson of Pope Paul III (who also bore the name Alessandro Farnese), and the son of Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, who was murdered in 1547. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alessandro Farnese has received more than 22,791 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 23 in 2019). Alessandro Farnese is the 1,012th most popular religious figure (down from 933rd in 2019).

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Alessandro Farnese ranks 1,012 out of 3,187. Before him are Hyacinth of Poland, John of Matha, Benedict the Moor, Jebtsundamba Khutuktu, Primož Trubar, and Arnaud Amalric. After him are Matthew III Csák, Günter Guillaume, Leonardo Sandri, Ignatios of Constantinople, Saint Chrysogonus, and Abu Sa'īd al-Khūdrī.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1520, Alessandro Farnese ranks 10. Before him are Vincenzo Galilei, Barbara Radziwiłł, Koca Sinan Pasha, Christophe Plantin, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, and Matthias Flacius. After him are Thoinot Arbeau, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Pontus De la Gardie, Madeleine of Valois, Aben Humeya, and Moses Isserles. Among people deceased in 1589, Alessandro Farnese ranks 7. Before him are Henry III of France, Catherine de' Medici, Jacques Clément, Christophe Plantin, Anna Maria of the Palatinate, and Benedict the Moor. After him are Johannes Sturm, Bernard Palissy, Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Michael Baius, Charles II, Lord of Monaco, and Jean-Antoine de Baïf.

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