RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Claude Fleury

1640 - 1723

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Claude Fleury (6 December 1640, Paris – 14 July 1723, Paris), was a French priest, jurist, and ecclesiastical historian. Destined for the bar, he was educated at the elite, Jesuit College de Clermont (now that of Louis-le-Grand) in Paris. In 1658 he was accepted as an attorney to the parlement of Paris, and for nine years practiced law. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claude Fleury has received more than 25,816 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Fleury is the 2,209th most popular religious figure (down from 1,933rd in 2019), the 3,671st most popular biography from France (down from 3,288th in 2019) and the 186th most popular French Religious Figure.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Claude Fleury ranks 2,209 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Demetrius I of Alexandria, A'annepada, Peter Martyr Vermigli, Hayton of Corycus, Kassapa Buddha, and John XI of Constantinople. After him are Frei Galvão, Jean-Pierre Ricard, Nilus of Sora, August Hlond, Callistus I of Constantinople, and Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1640, Claude Fleury ranks 19. Before him are Abraham Mignon, Philippe de La Hire, Mariana Alcoforado, Jacques Ozanam, Willem de Vlamingh, and Gerard de Lairesse. After him are Georg Mohr, Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester, Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, John Mayow, Yohannes I, and William Wycherley. Among people deceased in 1723, Claude Fleury ranks 17. Before him are Zanabazar, Guillaume Dubois, Mariana Alcoforado, Joseph Clemens of Bavaria, Anne Henriette of Bavaria, and Jan Santini Aichel. After him is Johann Christian Günther.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Fleury ranks 3,671 out of 6,770. Before him are François Isaac de Rivaz (1752), Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817), François Bordes (1919), Theo Hernandez (1997), Noël Édouard, vicomte de Curières de Castelnau (1851), and Guy Ropartz (1864). After him are Gaston Rébuffat (1921), Charles Duclerc (1812), Eugène Belgrand (1810), René Huyghe (1906), Félix Tisserand (1845), and Georges Urbain (1872).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Claude Fleury ranks 186. Before him are Pasquier Quesnel (1634), Alfred Des Cloizeaux (1817), Hilary of Arles (401), François de Tournon (1489), Peter of Bruys (1095), and Michel Garicoïts (1797). After him are Jean-Pierre Ricard (1944), Louis Bourdaloue (1632), Christophe Pierre (1946), Marie-Dominique Chenu (1895), Marie of the Incarnation (1599), and Chlodulf of Metz (null).

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