RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Andrew Bobola

1591 - 1657

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Andrew Bobola, SJ (Polish: Andrzej Bobola; 1591 – 16 May 1657) was a Polish missionary and martyr of the Society of Jesus, known as the Apostle of Lithuania and the "hunter of souls". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrew Bobola has received more than 150,153 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Andrew Bobola is the 1,327th most popular religious figure (up from 1,357th in 2019), the 430th most popular biography from Poland (up from 435th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Polish Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Andrew Bobola ranks 1,327 out of 3,187. Before him are Louis Massignon, Bernard de Montfaucon, Cassian of Imola, Macrina the Younger, Lidwina, and Carlo Maria Martini. After him are Renato Martino, Raymonde de Laroche, Andrew Avellino, Brigid of Kildare, Meher Baba, and David Yonggi Cho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1591, Andrew Bobola ranks 12. Before him are Alexandre de Rhodes, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Valentin de Boulogne, Isabella of Savoy, and Stanisław Koniecpolski. After him are Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine, Olimpia Maidalchini, Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Dirck Hals, Friedrich Spee, and Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech. Among people deceased in 1657, Andrew Bobola ranks 11. Before him are Balthasar van der Ast, Clara Peeters, Kâtip Çelebi, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Jacob van Campen, and Laura Mancini. After him are Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, Hayashi Razan, Robert Blake, Olimpia Maidalchini, Jacob van Eyck, and Menasseh Ben Israel.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Andrew Bobola ranks 430 out of 1,694. Before him are Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz (1860), Vitello (1230), Jerzy Hoffman (1932), Sendivogius (1566), Uri Orlev (1931), and Anna Leszczyńska (1699). After him are Christoph Eschenbach (1940), Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg (1693), Beata Szydło (1963), Hans Woellke (1911), Józef Beck (1894), and Bronisława Dłuska (1865).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, Andrew Bobola ranks 15. Before him are Itzhak Stern (1901), Hyacinth of Poland (1185), Jerzy Popiełuszko (1947), Stefan Wyszyński (1901), Stanisław Dziwisz (1939), and Adam Stefan Sapieha (1867). After him are Lubomyr Husar (1933), Wolf Messing (1899), John Albert Vasa (1612), Moses Isserles (1520), Emil Krebs (1867), and Jan Łaski (1499).

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