RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Caspar Olevian

1536 - 1587

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Caspar Olevian (or Kaspar Olevianus; 10 August 1536 – 15 March 1587) was a significant German Reformed theologian during the Protestant Reformation and along with Zacharias Ursinus was said to be co-author of the Heidelberg Catechism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Caspar Olevian has received more than 26,594 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Caspar Olevian is the 2,233rd most popular religious figure, the 3,775th most popular biography from Germany and the 100th most popular German Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Caspar Olevian ranks 2,233 out of 3,187. Before him are Gisbertus Voetius, Riphath, Jurij Dalmatin, Evagrius of Constantinople, Louis Bourdaloue, and Giovanni Urbani. After him are Andrew Bell, Nicolò Longobardo, Jayavarman V, Christophe Pierre, Josep Maria Mauri, and Harsiese A.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1536, Caspar Olevian ranks 19. Before him are Lord Guildford Dudley, Marcantonio Memmo, Philibert, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Konoe Sakihisa, Juan de Mariana, and Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham. After him are Juan Fernández, Juan de Fuca, and Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset. Among people deceased in 1587, Caspar Olevian ranks 13. Before him are Felix of Cantalice, Ōtomo Sōrin, Ōmura Sumitada, Hai Rui, John Foxe, and Francisco Hernández de Toledo. After him are Juraj Drašković, and Frederick II, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Caspar Olevian ranks 3,775 out of 7,253. Before him are Wolf Hoffmann (1959), Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg (1495), Bruno Apitz (1900), Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg (1653), Karl Blossfeldt (1865), and Bernd Förster (1956). After him are Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1706), Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen (1762), Nur Fettahoğlu (1980), Michael Weikath (1962), Heinrich Khunrath (1560), and Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg (1912).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Caspar Olevian ranks 100. Before him are Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler (1811), Karl Leisner (1915), Rupert Mayer (1876), Hans Talhoffer (1420), Bernhard II, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1428), and Ludwig Kaas (1881). After him are Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1823), Julius Döpfner (1913), Karl Josef Becker (1928), Marianne Cope (1838), Paul Josef Cordes (1934), and Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (1682).

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