RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Ascanio Sforza

1455 - 1505

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Ascanio Maria Sforza Visconti (3 March 1455 – 28 May 1505) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ascanio Sforza has received more than 139,976 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Ascanio Sforza is the 907th most popular religious figure (up from 1,001st in 2019), the 1,302nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,453rd in 2019) and the 294th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ascanio Sforza ranks 907 out of 3,187Before him are Charles Spurgeon, William Farel, Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, Franz Ehrle, Thomas Williams, and Itzhak Stern. After him are John Eudes, Dom Justo Takayama, Adalbert of Magdeburg, Antipope Felix II, Sebastian Castellio, and Lambert of Maastricht.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1455, Ascanio Sforza ranks 6Before him are John II of Portugal, Sophia Palaiologina, Johann Reuchlin, John, King of Denmark, and Andrea Gritti. After him are John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, George, Duke of Bavaria, Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis, Antonio da Sangallo the Elder, and Jean Hey. Among people deceased in 1505, Ascanio Sforza ranks 10Before him are Hongzhi Emperor, Jacob Obrecht, Elizabeth of Austria, Gülbahar Hatun, Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, and Heinrich Kramer. After him are Johannes Widmann, Jean Hey, Constantine II of Georgia, and João Fernandes Lavrador.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ascanio Sforza ranks 1,302 out of 5,161Before him are Francesco Maria Piave (1810), Gianni Vattimo (1936), Lucilio Vanini (1585), Amintore Fanfani (1908), Mario Del Monaco (1915), and Charles I, Duke of Savoy (1468). After him are Piero Manzoni (1933), Salvador Luria (1912), Andrea Dandolo (1306), Lorenzo Buffon (1929), Authari (540), and Cennino Cennini (1360).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Ascanio Sforza ranks 294Before him are Peter of Verona (1206), Lawrence of Brindisi (1559), Caesar Baronius (1538), Angela of Foligno (1248), Scipione Borghese (1577), and Maria Cristina of Savoy (1812). After him are Antipope Felix II (300), Gerolamo Emiliani (1486), Paula of Rome (347), Lucifer of Cagliari (201), Antipope Innocent III (1150), and Paolo Giovio (1483).