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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Caesar Baronius

1538 - 1607

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Cesare Baronio, C.O. (as an author also known as Caesar Baronius; 30 August 1538 – 30 June 1607) was an Italian Oratorian, cardinal and historian of the Catholic Church. His best-known works are his Annales Ecclesiastici ("Ecclesiastical Annals"), which appeared in 12 folio volumes (1588–1607). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Caesar Baronius has received more than 121,706 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Caesar Baronius is the 969th most popular religious figure (down from 871st in 2019), the 1,385th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,295th in 2019) and the 305th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Caesar Baronius was a Catholic priest and scholar of the Counter-Reformation. He is most famous for his Annales Ecclesiastici, which is a history of the Church from AD 284 to AD 1590.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Caesar Baronius ranks 969 out of 2,238Before him are Theodore of Mopsuestia, Ippolito de' Medici, Eutyches, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, Margaret of Cortona, and Alois Hudal. After him are Sebastian Castellio, Veronica Giuliani, Angelo Scola, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Lars Levi Laestadius, and Arnaud Amalric.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1538, Caesar Baronius ranks 3Before him are Charles Borromeo and Christopher Clavius. After him are Diane de France, Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Maeda Toshiie, Matija Gubec, Louis of Nassau, Infanta Maria of Guimarães, Giovanni Battista Guarini, Hōjō Ujimasa, and Ashikaga Yoshihide. Among people deceased in 1607, Caesar Baronius ranks 3Before him are Domenico Fontana and Alessandro Allori. After him are Anna d'Este, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, Giorgio Basta, Guidobaldo del Monte, Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst, Jacob van Heemskerck, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, and Bento de Góis.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Caesar Baronius ranks 1,385 out of 4,668Before him are Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (1467), Bernardino Ramazzini (1633), Bianca Maria Visconti (1425), Constantius Gallus (325), Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino (1490), and Margaret of Cortona (1247). After him are Paolo Ruffini (1765), Andrea Alciato (1492), Veronica Giuliani (1660), Angelo Scola (1941), Battista Farina (1893), and Trota of Salerno (1001).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Caesar Baronius ranks 305Before him are Alessandro Valignano (1539), Peter of Verona (1206), Agostino Casaroli (1914), Felix of Cantalice (1515), Ippolito de' Medici (1511), and Margaret of Cortona (1247). After him are Veronica Giuliani (1660), Angelo Scola (1941), Scipione Borghese (1577), Felicitas of Rome (101), Pietro Parolin (1955), and Praxedes (100).