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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Augustin Bea

1881 - 1968

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Augustin Bea, S.J. (28 May 1881 – 16 November 1968), was a German Jesuit priest, cardinal, and scholar at the Pontifical Gregorian University, specialising in biblical studies and biblical archaeology. He also served as the personal confessor of Pope Pius XII. He was made a cardinal in 1959 by Pope John XXIII and served as the first president of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity from 1960 until his death. Bea was a leading biblical scholar and ecumenist, who greatly influenced Christian-Jewish relations during the Second Vatican Council in Nostra aetate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Augustin Bea has received more than 111,715 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Augustin Bea is the 1,323rd most popular religious figure (down from 1,182nd in 2019), the 2,014th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,879th in 2019) and the 47th most popular German Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Augustin Bea ranks 1,323 out of 2,238. Before him are Ivo of Chartres, Meher Baba, Raffaele Riario, Antipope Adalbert, William M. Branham, and Vitalis of Milan. After him are Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i, Peter Nolasco, Guru Angad, Clemens August of Bavaria, Zanabazar, and Raymond Franz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Augustin Bea ranks 69. Before him are Muhammad VIII al-Amin, Ernst Gräfenberg, Curt Sachs, Ramón Grau, Kim Kyu-sik, and King Oliver. After him are H. H. Kung, Hermann Ehrhardt, Hugo Meisl, Louis Trousselier, Hans Wilsdorf, and Adolfo de la Huerta. Among people deceased in 1968, Augustin Bea ranks 68. Before him are Cornell Woolrich, Thomas Merton, Mario Roatta, Wes Montgomery, Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz, and Ryszard Siwiec. After him are Hans Cramer, Jo Schlesser, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, István Dobi, Chester Carlson, and Soraya Tarzi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Augustin Bea ranks 2,014 out of 6,142. Before him are Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe (1871), Friedrich Alfred Krupp (1854), Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1873), Otto von Lossow (1868), Gustav-Adolf von Zangen (1892), and Johann Georg Pisendel (1687). After him are Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1577), Jacob Schiff (1847), Carl Laemmle (1867), Gustav Nachtigal (1834), Dora Ratjen (1918), and Friedrich Loeffler (1852).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Augustin Bea ranks 47. Before him are Regino of Prüm (842), Prince Georg of Bavaria (1880), Georg Ratzinger (1924), Benno (1010), Frederick of Utrecht (780), and Johannes Oecolampadius (1482). After him are Gerhard Ludwig Müller (1947), Anna Schäffer (1882), George Müller (1805), Wolfgang of Regensburg (924), Maximilian Henry of Bavaria (1621), and Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg (1664).

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