RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Arnold Janssen

1837 - 1909

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Arnold Janssen (5 November 1837 – 15 January 1909), was a German-Dutch Catholic priest and missionary who is venerated as a saint. He founded the Society of the Divine Word, a Catholic missionary religious congregation, also known as the Divine Word Missionaries, as well as two congregations for women. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arnold Janssen has received more than 167,036 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Arnold Janssen is the 1,082nd most popular religious figure (up from 1,129th in 2019), the 1,553rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,626th in 2019) and the 38th most popular German Religious Figure.

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  • 170k

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  • 58.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Arnold Janssen ranks 1,082 out of 3,187. Before him are Petar I Petrović-Njegoš, Anthony de Mello, Balak, Dazu Huike, Felicitas of Rome, and Anthony Maria Zaccaria. After him are Antipope Paschal, Alfredo Ottaviani, Abbo of Fleury, George Alencherry, Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria, and Jacques de Vitry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Arnold Janssen ranks 34. Before him are Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Édouard Stephan, Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, Abraham Kuyper, James Murray, and Joseph Bell. After him are Henry Draper, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Wild Bill Hickok, Pierre Auguste Cot, Maria Domenica Mazzarello, and Théodore Dubois. Among people deceased in 1909, Arnold Janssen ranks 25. Before him are Carlos, Duke of Madrid, Red Cloud, Paul Gachet, Abdul Karim, Princess Marie of Orléans, and Naftali Herz Imber. After him are Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Simon Newcomb, Ludwig Gumplowicz, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Caran d'Ache, and Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Arnold Janssen ranks 1,553 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans Hermann von Katte (1704), August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798), Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828), Maria Reiter (1911), Heinrich Füger (1751), and George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg (1582). After him are Helmuth James von Moltke (1907), Ralph H. Baer (1922), Ottmar Walter (1924), Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796), Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765), and Joos van Cleve (1485).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Arnold Janssen ranks 38. Before him are Günter Guillaume (1927), Walter Kasper (1933), Saint Afra (300), Johann Eck (1486), Mechtilde (1241), and Rupert of Salzburg (650). After him are Fidelis of Sigmaringen (1577), Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1679), Berthold (1180), Johann Arndt (1555), Regino of Prüm (842), and Irmina of Oeren (700).

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