RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Brynjólfur Sveinsson

1605 - 1675

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Brynjólfur Sveinsson (14 September 1605 – 5 August 1675) served as the Lutheran Bishop of the see of Skálholt in Iceland. His main influence has been on modern knowledge of Old Norse literature. Brynjólfur is also known for his support of the career of the Icelandic poet and hymn writer Hallgrímur Pétursson. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brynjólfur Sveinsson has received more than 41,944 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Brynjólfur Sveinsson is the 1,815th most popular religious figure (down from 1,807th in 2019).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Brynjólfur Sveinsson ranks 1,815 out of 3,187. Before him are Michael Czerny, Kateri Tekakwitha, Peter III of Alexandria, Pietro Aldobrandini, Joseph Butler, and Angelo Comastri. After him are Laurentius Petri, Nguyễn Văn Thuận, Magdalene of Nagasaki, Christoph Bernhard von Galen, Gregorio Pietro Agagianian, and Sharif Ali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1605, Brynjólfur Sveinsson ranks 17. Before him are Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, Thomas Browne, George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Simon Dach, and Zhu Yuyue. After him are Ferenc Wesselényi, Ismaël Bullialdus, Antonio Bertali, and Joos van Craesbeeck. Among people deceased in 1675, Brynjólfur Sveinsson ranks 17. Before him are Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, Leopoldo de' Medici, Gaspard Dughet, Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts, Allaert van Everdingen, and Feodosia Morozova. After him are Jacques Marquette, August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Michael van Langren, Domenico II Contarini, and Cort Adeler.

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