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PHILOSOPHER

Denis Pétau

1583 - 1652

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Denis Pétau (21 August 1583 – 11 December 1652), also known as Dionysius Petavius, was a French Jesuit theologian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Denis Pétau has received more than 40,824 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Denis Pétau is the 840th most popular philosopher (down from 817th in 2019), the 2,871st most popular biography from France (down from 2,709th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Denis Pétau ranks 840 out of 1,081Before him are Thomas Arnold, Alcidamas, Syrianus, Albinus, Menedemus, and Józef Maria Bocheński. After him are F. H. Bradley, Michael Dummett, Byung-Chul Han, Wang Fuzhi, Anselm of Laon, and Lanza del Vasto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1583, Denis Pétau ranks 14Before him are Pieter Lastman, Christian II, Elector of Saxony, Orlando Gibbons, Jan Porcellis, Hayashi Razan, and Eleanor of Prussia. After him are Iskandar Muda, Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, Susanna Hall, and Philip Massinger. Among people deceased in 1652, Denis Pétau ranks 11Before him are John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, Pietro Della Valle, Inigo Jones, Jan Asselijn, Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours, and Jan Dirksz Both. After him are Johann von Werth, Chen Hongshou, and Claes Jansz. Visscher.

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In France

Among people born in France, Denis Pétau ranks 2,871 out of 6,011Before him are Lupus of Troyes (395), Constance of France, Princess of Antioch (1078), Childebrand I (695), Othon Friesz (1879), François-Auguste Biard (1799), and Antoine de Chézy (1718). After him are Georges d'Amboise (1460), Paul Ulrich Villard (1860), Emmanuel Carrère (1957), Jules Guesde (1845), Hilaire Belloc (1870), and Henri Rabaud (1873).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Denis Pétau ranks 103Before him are William of Conches (1080), Jean Guitton (1901), Louis Lavelle (1883), Claude Lefort (1924), André Glucksmann (1937), and Alain Finkielkraut (1949). After him are Anselm of Laon (1050), Favorinus (85), Antoine Berman (1942), Michael Baius (1513), Léon Brunschvicg (1869), and Jean Wahl (1888).