RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Angelus Silesius

1624 - 1677

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Angelus Silesius, OFM (c. 1624 – 9 July 1677), born Johann Scheffler, was a German Catholic priest, physician, mystic and religious poet. Born and raised a Lutheran, he began to read the works of medieval mystics while studying in the Netherlands and became acquainted with the works of the German mystic Jacob Böhme through Böhme's friend Abraham von Franckenberg. Silesius's display of his mystic beliefs caused tension with Lutheran authorities and led to his eventual conversion to Catholicism in 1653, wherein he adopted the name Angelus (Latin for "angel" or "heavenly messenger") and the epithet Silesius ("Silesian"). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Angelus Silesius has received more than 243,263 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Angelus Silesius is the 648th most popular religious figure (down from 610th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 113th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Polish Religious Figure.

Angelus Silesius is most famous for his poem "The Cherubinic Wanderer."

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  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Angelus Silesius ranks 648 out of 3,187. Before him are Clotilde, Pope Anastasius II, Tarcisius, Eleazar, Pope Theodore I, and Maudgalyayana. After him are Billy Graham, Saint Walpurga, Hans Küng, Saint Boniface, Basilios Bessarion, and Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1624, Angelus Silesius ranks 3. Before him are Koxinga, and Guarino Guarini. After him are Empress Meishō, George Fox, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Maria Miloslavskaya, François de la Chaise, Arnold Geulincx, Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours, Thomas Sydenham, and Barent Fabritius. Among people deceased in 1677, Angelus Silesius ranks 4. Before him are Baruch Spinoza, Jan van Riebeeck, and Isaac Barrow. After him are Barbara Strozzi, Wenceslaus Hollar, Antonio Maria Abbatini, Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, William Louis, Duke of Württemberg, Aert van der Neer, William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and James Harrington.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Angelus Silesius ranks 132 out of 1,694. Before him are Olga Tokarczuk (1962), Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1755), Alfred Döblin (1878), Henryk Wieniawski (1835), Witold Gombrowicz (1904), and Hanna Schygulla (1943). After him are Władysław I the Elbow-high (1260), Adolf Anderssen (1818), Otto Liman von Sanders (1855), Géza I of Hungary (1040), Konrad Emil Bloch (1912), and Klaus von Klitzing (1943).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, Angelus Silesius ranks 6. Before him are Pope John Paul II (1920), Maximilian Kolbe (1894), Faustina Kowalska (1905), Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906), and Saint Casimir (1458). After him are Stanislaus of Szczepanów (1030), Stanislaus Kostka (1550), Itzhak Stern (1901), Hyacinth of Poland (1185), Jerzy Popiełuszko (1947), and Stefan Wyszyński (1901).

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