1624 - 1677
Angelus Silesius (c. 1624 – 9 July 1677), born Johann Scheffler and also known as Johann Angelus Silesius, was a German Catholic priest and physician, known as a mystic and religious poet. Born and raised a Lutheran, he adopted the name Angelus (Latin for "angel" or "heavenly messenger") and the epithet Silesius ("Silesian") on converting to Catholicism in 1653. While studying in the Netherlands, he began to read the works of medieval mystics and became acquainted with the works of the German mystic Jacob Böhme through Böhme's friend, Abraham von Franckenberg. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Angelus Silesius has received more than 178,158 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Angelus Silesius is the 560th most popular religious figure (up from 577th in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from Poland (up from 132nd 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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Among religious figures, Angelus Silesius ranks 560 out of 2,272. Before him are Gamaliel, Ibn Hazm, Joseph of Cupertino, Pope Benedict V, Simeon, and Antipope Alexander V. After him are Pope Stephen V, Pope Theodore II, Clotilde, Muhammad al-Jawad, Jacobus da Varagine, and Al-Suyuti.
100 BC - 63
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 554
994 - 1064
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 555
1603 - 1663
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 556
930 - 965
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 557
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 558
1339 - 1410
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 559
1624 - 1677
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 560
850 - 891
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 561
840 - 897
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 562
475 - 545
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 563
811 - 835
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 564
1228 - 1298
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 565
1445 - 1505
HPI: 73.23
Rank: 566
Among people born in 1624, Angelus Silesius ranks 2. Before him is Koxinga. After him are Guarino Guarini, Empress Meishō, George Fox, Maria Miloslavskaya, Thomas Sydenham, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, François de la Chaise, Arnold Geulincx, 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, Robert Cambert, Aert van der Neer, Antonio Maria Abbatini, Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, James Harrington, and William Louis, Duke of Württemberg.
1624 - 1662
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 1
1624 - 1677
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 2
1624 - 1683
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 3
1624 - 1696
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 4
1624 - 1691
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 5
1624 - 1669
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 6
1624 - 1689
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 7
1624 - 1705
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 8
1624 - 1709
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 9
1624 - 1669
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 10
1624 - 1673
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 11
1632 - 1677
HPI: 87.56
Rank: 1
1619 - 1677
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 2
1631 - 1677
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 3
1624 - 1677
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 4
1619 - 1677
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 5
1607 - 1677
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 6
1628 - 1677
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 7
1603 - 1677
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 8
1595 - 1677
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 9
1617 - 1677
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 10
1611 - 1677
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 11
1647 - 1677
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 12
Among people born in Poland, Angelus Silesius ranks 113 out of 1,231. Before him are Anna Jagiellon (1523), Otto Liman von Sanders (1855), Alfred von Tirpitz (1849), Fred Zinnemann (1907), Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860), and Edward Sapir (1884). After him are Karl Hanke (1903), Alfred Döblin (1878), Leopold Kronecker (1823), Osip Mandelstam (1891), Stefan Banach (1892), and Antoni Grabowski (1857).
1523 - 1596
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 107
1855 - 1929
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 108
1849 - 1930
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 109
1907 - 1997
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 110
1860 - 1941
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 111
1884 - 1939
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 112
1624 - 1677
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 113
1903 - 1945
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 114
1878 - 1957
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 115
1823 - 1891
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 116
1891 - 1938
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 117
1892 - 1945
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 118
1857 - 1921
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 119
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 Itzhak Stern (1901), Stanislaus Kostka (1550), Stanislaus of Szczepanów (1030), Hyacinth of Poland (1185), Stefan Wyszyński (1901), and Stanisław Dziwisz (1939).
1920 - 2005
HPI: 89.13
Rank: 1
1894 - 1941
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 2
1905 - 1938
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 3
1906 - 1945
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 4
1458 - 1484
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 5
1624 - 1677
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 6
1901 - 1969
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 7
1550 - 1568
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 8
1030 - 1079
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 9
1185 - 1257
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 10
1901 - 1981
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 11
1939 - Present
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 12