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WRITER

António Vieira

1608 - 1697

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António Vieira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu viˈɐjɾɐ]; 6 February 1608 – 18 July 1697) was a Portuguese Jesuit priest, diplomat, orator, preacher, philosopher, writer, and member of the Royal Council to the King of Portugal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of António Vieira has received more than 154,109 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). António Vieira is the 2,386th most popular writer (down from 1,816th in 2019), the 193rd most popular biography from Portugal (down from 139th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Portuguese Writer.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.21

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  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, António Vieira ranks 2,386 out of 5,755Before him are Dionysios Solomos, Giovanni de' Bardi, Al-Sharif al-Radi, Franz Overbeck, Robert James Waller, and Jacques Futrelle. After him are Jim Corbett, Ğabdulla Tuqay, Guido Guinizelli, Jean Starobinski, Parthenius of Nicaea, and Kyōka Izumi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1608, António Vieira ranks 11Before him are Tukaram, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, Ivan Vyhovsky, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, and Eudoxia Streshneva. After him are Pieter Post, Jacob Adriaensz Backer, and Thomas Fuller. Among people deceased in 1697, António Vieira ranks 7Before him are Charles XI of Sweden, Francesco Redi, Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland, Nicolaus Bruhns, Galdan Boshugtu Khan, and Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental. After him are Gregorio Barbarigo, Georg Mohr, John Aubrey, Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, Filippo Baldinucci, and Jan de Bray.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, António Vieira ranks 193 out of 555Before him are Carlos do Carmo (1939), Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza (1568), Carlos Seixas (1704), Bento de Góis (1562), Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza (1801), and Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark (1211). After him are Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja (1506), Menasseh Ben Israel (1604), Francisco de Sá Carneiro (1934), Vítor Baía (1969), Vasco Gonçalves (1921), and Joaquim de Almeida (1957).

Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, António Vieira ranks 13Before him are Gil Vicente (1465), João de Barros (1496), Tomé Pires (1468), Camilo Castelo Branco (1825), Almeida Garrett (1799), and Luís Fróis (1532). After him are Menasseh Ben Israel (1604), Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919), Mariana Alcoforado (1640), Miguel Torga (1907), Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1491), and António Ferreira (1528).