RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Alessandro Valignano

1539 - 1606

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Alessandro Valignano, S.J., sometimes Valignani (Chinese: 范禮安 Fàn Lǐ’ān; February 1539 – January 20, 1606), was an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary born in Chieti, part of the Kingdom of Naples, who helped supervise the introduction of Catholicism to the Far East, and especially to Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alessandro Valignano has received more than 335,765 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Alessandro Valignano is the 856th most popular religious figure (up from 925th in 2019), the 1,203rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,317th in 2019) and the 286th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Alessandro Valignano ranks 856 out of 3,187. Before him are Ravi Shankar, Abd Manaf ibn Qusai, Agabus, Al-Juwayni, Mesud II, and Rashid Rida. After him are Jean-Louis Tauran, Antipope John XVI, Louise de Marillac, Saturnin, Saint Emeric of Hungary, and Basil Fool for Christ.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1539, Alessandro Valignano ranks 3. Before him are Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, and Federico Zuccari. After him are Jost Amman, Catherine Vasa of Sweden, Fausto Sozzini, Archduchess Barbara of Austria, Louis VI, Elector Palatine, Giovanni Andrea Doria, Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Chōsokabe Motochika, and George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. Among people deceased in 1606, Alessandro Valignano ranks 6. Before him are Guy Fawkes, False Dmitry I, Justus Lipsius, Karel van Mander, and Stephen Bocskai. After him are Guru Arjan, Boşnak Derviş Mehmed Pasha, Giovanni Andrea Doria, Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Turibius of Mogrovejo, and Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Valignano ranks 1,203 out of 5,161. Before him are Titus Pomponius Atticus (-110), Giorgia Meloni (1977), Andrea Gritti (1455), Maurice Garin (1871), Orcagna (1315), and Armando Diaz (1861). After him are Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus (-265), Antonio Segni (1891), Antipope John XVI (1000), Girolamo Fracastoro (1476), Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1642), and Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1466).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Alessandro Valignano ranks 286. Before him are Antipope Ursicinus (400), Andrea Amati (1505), Antipope Boniface VII (1000), Saint Susanna (280), Blessed Gerard (1047), and Methodios I of Constantinople (788). After him are Antipope John XVI (1000), Peter of Verona (1206), Lawrence of Brindisi (1559), Caesar Baronius (1538), Angela of Foligno (1248), and Scipione Borghese (1577).

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