RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Clemens August Graf von Galen

1878 - 1946

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Clemens Augustinus Emmanuel Joseph Pius Anthonius Hubertus Marie Graf von Galen (16 March 1878 – 22 March 1946), better known as Clemens August Graf von Galen, was a German count, Bishop of Münster, and cardinal of the Catholic Church. During World War II, Galen led Catholic protests against Nazi euthanasia and denounced Gestapo lawlessness and the persecution of the Church in Nazi Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clemens August Graf von Galen has received more than 468,010 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Clemens August Graf von Galen is the 919th most popular religious figure (up from 971st in 2019), the 1,214th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,329th in 2019) and the 27th most popular German Religious Figure.

Clemens August Graf von Galen was a German Catholic bishop and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is most famous for opposing the Nazi regime and its euthanasia program.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Clemens August Graf von Galen ranks 919 out of 3,187. Before him are Lambert of Maastricht, Cyril Lucaris, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Pierre Cauchon, Cyriacus, and Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni. After him are Robert Sarah, Conrad Schumann, Gudula, John of Leiden, Leopold Mandić, and Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Clemens August Graf von Galen ranks 37. Before him are Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Eileen Gray, Yakov Yurovsky, Sadriddin Ayni, Jan Łukasiewicz, and Kōki Hirota. After him are P. D. Ouspensky, Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria, Elizabeth Arden, Milan Hodža, Mahmud Barzanji, and Abdelaziz of Morocco. Among people deceased in 1946, Clemens August Graf von Galen ranks 49. Before him are Francisco Largo Caballero, Döme Sztójay, Friedrich Jeckeln, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, Gustav Noske, and Otto Georg Thierack. After him are Carl Schuhmann, Per Albin Hansson, Willi Herold, James Jeans, Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov, and Rüdiger von der Goltz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Clemens August Graf von Galen ranks 1,214 out of 7,253. Before him are Theodor Storm (1817), Wilhelm Stuckart (1902), Hartmut Michel (1948), Karl Richard Lepsius (1810), Henry IV, Duke of Saxony (1473), and Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen (1671). After him are Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862), Johann Peter Eckermann (1792), Kurt Gerstein (1905), Klaus Schulze (1947), Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586), and Conrad Schumann (1942).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Clemens August Graf von Galen ranks 27. Before him are Nicolaus Zinzendorf (1700), Killing of Peter Fechter (1944), Severinus of Noricum (410), Gotthard of Hildesheim (960), Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg (1744), and Franz Ehrle (1845). After him are Conrad Schumann (1942), Otto of Bamberg (1060), Gerhard Ludwig Müller (1947), Henry of Latvia (1187), Günter Guillaume (1927), and Walter Kasper (1933).

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