RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Augustin Bea

1881 - 1968

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Augustin Bea (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 121,941 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Augustin Bea is the 1,314th most popular religious figure (down from 1,312th in 2019), the 2,018th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,012th in 2019) and the 47th most popular German Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Augustin Bea ranks 1,314 out of 3,187. Before him are Ahmad al-Tijani, Bashar ibn Burd, Zanabazar, Pandita Ramabai, Nathan, and Senhime. After him are Clement Mary Hofbauer, Ernest Simoni, Akile Hatun, Rimbert, William of St-Thierry, and John of Montecorvino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Augustin Bea ranks 73. Before him are Max Pechstein, Otozō Yamada, Albert Gleizes, Ulrich von Hassell, Hans Wilsdorf, and Kim Kyu-sik. After him are Vera Weizmann, Curt Sachs, Adolfo de la Huerta, Sergey Kamenev, Hermann Ehrhardt, and Princess Xenia of Montenegro. Among people deceased in 1968, Augustin Bea ranks 62. Before him are Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Nikolay Voronov, Hans F. K. Günther, Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz, and Mario Roatta. After him are Boris Lyatoshinsky, Santos Iriarte, Hitoshi Imamura, Rezső Seress, Fyodor Okhlopkov, and Thomas Merton.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Augustin Bea ranks 2,018 out of 7,253. Before him are William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1629), Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1745), Anna Dorothea Therbusch (1721), Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1612), Julius Jacob von Haynau (1786), and Walter Schröder (1932). After him are Karl Frenzel (1911), John Sutter (1803), Eugen Weidmann (1908), Paul Troost (1878), John III, Duke of Cleves (1490), and William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1532).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Augustin Bea ranks 47. Before him are Berthold (1180), Johann Arndt (1555), Regino of Prüm (842), Irmina of Oeren (700), Frederick of Utrecht (780), and Benno (1010). After him are George Müller (1805), Wolfgang of Regensburg (924), Johannes Oecolampadius (1482), Georg Ratzinger (1924), Jürgen Moltmann (1926), and Balthasar Hubmaier (1485).

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