1852 - 1917
François-Bérenger Saunière (11 April 1852 – 22 January 1917) was a French Catholic priest in the village of Rennes-le-Château, in the Aude region. He was a central figure in the conspiracy theories surrounding the village, which form the basis of several documentaries and books such as the 1982 Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln. Elements of these theories were later used by Dan Brown in his best-selling 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code, in which the fictional character Jacques Saunière is named after the priest.Saunière served in Rennes-le-Château from 1885 until he was transferred to another village in 1909 by his bishop. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bérenger Saunière has received more than 209,660 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bérenger Saunière is the 1,248th most popular religious figure, the 2,019th most popular biography from France and the 102nd most popular French Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Bérenger Saunière ranks 1,248 out of 2,238. Before him are Alexander Schmorell, Renato Martino, Benedict Joseph Labre, Hyacinth of Poland, Frederick of Utrecht, and Oda Nobutada. After him are Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri, Saleh Al-Fawzan, Urbain Grandier, Luis Ladaria Ferrer, Abbo of Fleury, and Kevin Farrell.
1917 - 1943
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 1,242
1932 - Present
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 1,243
1748 - 1783
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 1,244
1185 - 1257
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 1,245
780 - 838
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 1,246
1557 - 1582
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 1,247
1852 - 1917
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 1,248
933 - 1014
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 1,249
1933 - Present
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 1,250
1590 - 1634
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 1,251
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 1,252
945 - 1004
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 1,253
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 1,254
Among people born in 1852, Bérenger Saunière ranks 40. Before him are Pietro Gasparri, John Louis Emil Dreyer, Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, John Harvey Kellogg, and I. L. Peretz. After him are Joseph Freinademetz, Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria, Friedrich Loeffler, Charles W. Fairbanks, Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, and John Henry Poynting. Among people deceased in 1917, Bérenger Saunière ranks 35. Before him are Hugo Simberg, Maximilian von Prittwitz, Gustav von Schmoller, Georges Guynemer, Mendele Mocher Sforim, and Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz. After him are Carolus-Duran, Ivan Goremykin, Lucien Petit-Breton, Kristian Birkeland, Matthias Zurbriggen, and Duke Philipp of Württemberg.
1852 - 1934
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 34
1852 - 1926
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 35
1852 - 1931
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 36
1852 - 1933
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 37
1852 - 1943
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 38
1852 - 1915
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 39
1852 - 1917
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 40
1852 - 1908
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 41
1852 - 1890
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 42
1852 - 1915
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 43
1852 - 1918
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 44
1852 - 1927
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 45
1852 - 1914
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 46
1873 - 1917
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 29
1848 - 1917
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 30
1838 - 1917
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 31
1894 - 1917
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 32
1835 - 1917
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 33
1860 - 1917
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 34
1852 - 1917
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 35
1837 - 1917
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 36
1839 - 1917
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 37
1882 - 1917
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 38
1867 - 1917
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 39
1856 - 1917
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 40
1838 - 1917
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 41
Among people born in France, Bérenger Saunière ranks 2,019 out of 6,011. Before him are Benedict Joseph Labre (1748), William Iron Arm (1010), Louis Delluc (1890), Olivier Giroud (1986), Blanche of Artois (1248), and Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle (1712). After him are Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734), Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti (1695), Urbain Grandier (1590), Eugène Carrière (1849), Pierre Charron (1541), and Abbo of Fleury (945).
1748 - 1783
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 2,013
1010 - 1046
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 2,014
1890 - 1924
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 2,015
1986 - Present
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 2,016
1248 - 1302
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 2,017
1712 - 1741
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 2,018
1852 - 1917
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 2,019
1734 - 1797
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 2,020
1695 - 1727
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 2,021
1590 - 1634
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 2,022
1849 - 1906
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 2,023
1541 - 1603
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 2,024
945 - 1004
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 2,025
Among religious figures born in France, Bérenger Saunière ranks 102. Before him are Blandina (101), Charles de Bourbon (1523), Peter the Venerable (1092), Jean-Marie Villot (1905), Pierre de Castelnau (1170), and Benedict Joseph Labre (1748). After him are Urbain Grandier (1590), Abbo of Fleury (945), Aldegonde (639), Hugh of Châteauneuf (1053), Jean Calas (1698), and Germanus of Auxerre (378).
101 - 177
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 96
1523 - 1590
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 97
1092 - 1156
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 98
1905 - 1979
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 99
1170 - 1208
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 100
1748 - 1783
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 101
1852 - 1917
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 102
1590 - 1634
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 103
945 - 1004
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 104
639 - 684
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 105
1053 - 1132
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 106
1698 - 1762
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 107
378 - 448
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 108