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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Désiré-Joseph Mercier

1851 - 1926

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Désiré Félicien François Joseph Mercier (21 November 1851 – 23 January 1926) was a Belgian cardinal of the Catholic Church and a noted scholar. A Thomist scholar, he had several of his works translated into other European languages. He was known for his book, Les origines de la psychologie contemporaine (1897). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Désiré-Joseph Mercier has received more than 113,835 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Désiré-Joseph Mercier is the 1,277th most popular religious figure (up from 1,326th in 2019), the 237th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 279th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Belgian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Désiré-Joseph Mercier ranks 1,277 out of 2,238. Before him are Ranuccio Farnese, Jean Calas, Lubomyr Husar, Pedro Arrupe, Andrew Avellino, and Johannes Oecolampadius. After him are Enoch, Antipope Theodore, Sebeos, Piero Marini, Germanus of Auxerre, and Mayta Cápac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Désiré-Joseph Mercier ranks 32. Before him are Doc Holliday, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Charles Dow, Franz von Liszt, Guillaume Bigourdan, and Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. After him are Jacobus Kapteyn, Theodor Lipps, Melvil Dewey, Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, Charles Dupuy, and Arne Garborg. Among people deceased in 1926, Désiré-Joseph Mercier ranks 44. Before him are Alphonse Borrelly, Ye Wanyong, Robert Todd Lincoln, Annie Oakley, Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta, and Eino Leino. After him are Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, Lars Magnus Ericsson, Leonid Krasin, Nikolay Chkheidze, Edwin Abbott Abbott, and Albert Robida.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Désiré-Joseph Mercier ranks 237 out of 1,019. Before him are Frans Floris (1519), Jan Fyt (1611), Adalard of Corbie (751), Antoinette de Mérode (1828), Wilfried Van Moer (1945), and Rik Van Steenbergen (1924). After him are Johannes Ciconia (1370), Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1728), Frans Masereel (1889), Philippe Thys (1889), Robert Cailliau (1947), and Romelu Lukaku (1993).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Belgium

Among religious figures born in Belgium, Désiré-Joseph Mercier ranks 10. Before him are Godfried Danneels (1933), Gudula (646), Lutgardis (1182), Begga (615), Rimbert (830), and Adalard of Corbie (751). After him are Edward Schillebeeckx (1914), William of St-Thierry (1085), Leo Joseph Suenens (1904), John Berchmans (1599), Joseph Cardijn (1882), and Sigebert of Gembloux (1030).

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