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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Arnold of Brescia

1100 - 1155

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Arnold of Brescia (c. 1090 – June 1155), also known as Arnaldus (Italian: Arnaldo da Brescia), an Italian canon regular from Lombardy, called on the Church to renounce property-ownership and participated in the failed Commune of Rome of 1144–1193. Exiled at least three times and eventually arrested, Arnold was hanged by the papacy; his remains were burned posthumously and the ashes thrown into the River Tiber. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arnold of Brescia has received more than 126,704 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Arnold of Brescia is the 913th most popular religious figure (down from 788th in 2019), the 1,273rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,165th in 2019) and the 293rd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Arnold of Brescia was a 12th century monk who was excommunicated for his radical views on church and state. He was a strong advocate for the separation of church and state, and he believed that the church should not have any power over the state.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Arnold of Brescia ranks 913 out of 2,238Before him are Saint Sabina, Blessed Gerard, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, Hermenegild, Anna Göldi, and Carlo Maria Viganò. After him are Gerolamo Emiliani, Joanna, wife of Chuza, Eleazar, Louise de Marillac, Lambert of Maastricht, and Methodios I of Constantinople.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1100, Arnold of Brescia ranks 20Before him are Najm ad-Din Ayyub, Inge the Elder, Shirkuh, Antipope Gregory VIII, Eric III of Denmark, and Inge the Younger. After him are Khabul Khan, Kerbogha, Bernard de Tremelay, Niklot, Henry, and Ragnvald Knaphövde. Among people deceased in 1155, Arnold of Brescia ranks 2Before him is Geoffrey of Monmouth. After him are Al-Khazini, Li Qingzhao, Emperor Konoe, Sigurd II of Norway, and David V of Georgia.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Arnold of Brescia ranks 1,273 out of 4,668Before him are Blessed Gerard (1047), Giulia Tofana (1581), Naevius Sutorius Macro (-21), Brunetto Latini (1220), Cecilia Gallerani (1473), and Carlo Maria Viganò (1941). After him are Gerolamo Emiliani (1486), Mathilde Bonaparte (1820), Fra Mauro (1385), Julia Flavia (64), Princess Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily (1804), and Giovanni Segantini (1858).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Arnold of Brescia ranks 293Before him are Antipope Honorius II (1010), Antipope Felix II (300), Maria Cristina of Savoy (1812), Saint Sabina (100), Blessed Gerard (1047), and Carlo Maria Viganò (1941). After him are Gerolamo Emiliani (1486), Methodios I of Constantinople (788), Tatiana of Rome (200), Antipope John XVI (1000), Paolo Giovio (1483), and Alessandro Valignano (1539).