RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Fausto Sozzini

1539 - 1604

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Fausto Paolo Sozzini, or simply Fausto Sozzini (Latin: Faustus Socinus; Polish: Faust Socyn; 5 December 1539 – 4 March 1604), was an Italian Renaissance humanist and theologian, and, alongside his uncle Lelio Sozzini, founder of the Nontrinitarian Christian belief system known as Socinianism. His doctrine was developed among the Polish Brethren in the Polish Reformed Church between the 16th and 17th centuries, and embraced by the Unitarian Church of Transylvania during the same period.Fausto Sozzini recollected most of his uncle Lelio's religious writings by traveling over again his routes throughout early modern Europe, and systematized his Antitrinitarian beliefs into a coherent theological doctrine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fausto Sozzini has received more than 80,678 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Fausto Sozzini is the 1,061st most popular religious figure (up from 1,090th in 2019), the 1,567th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,578th in 2019) and the 317th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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  • 81k

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  • 58.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Fausto Sozzini has had the most page views in the with 11,727 views, followed by Polish (6,752), and Italian (2,528). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (307.35%), Egyptian Arabic (147.22%), and Breton (81.00%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Fausto Sozzini ranks 1,061 out of 3,187. Before him are Muslim ibn Aqil, William of Gellone, Roger Etchegaray, Didacus of Alcalá, Jayadeva, and Merytre-Hatshepsut. After him are Sergio Sebastiani, Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, Margaret of Cortona, Paul of the Cross, Stefan Wyszyński, and Yolanda of Poland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1539, Fausto Sozzini ranks 6. Before him are Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Federico Zuccari, Alessandro Valignano, Jost Amman, and Catherine Vasa of Sweden. After him are Archduchess Barbara of Austria, Louis VI, Elector Palatine, Giovanni Andrea Doria, Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Chōsokabe Motochika, and George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. Among people deceased in 1604, Fausto Sozzini ranks 3. Before him are Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, and Catherine de Bourbon. After him are Claudio Merulo, Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort, John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Christine of Hesse, Hamida Banu Begum, Ercole, Lord of Monaco, Isabella Andreini, Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, and Francesco Barozzi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Fausto Sozzini ranks 1,567 out of 5,161. Before him are Michael Pacher (1435), Adaloald (602), Riccardo Patrese (1954), Enzo of Sardinia (1220), Paris Bordone (1500), and Alfredo Catalani (1854). After him are Sergio Sebastiani (1931), Lea Massari (1933), Thomas of Celano (1185), Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi (1566), Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1501), and Antonio Tajani (1953).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Fausto Sozzini ranks 317. Before him are Benedict the Moor (1526), Saint Chrysogonus (250), Anastasius Bibliothecarius (815), Antipope Victor IV (1010), Accursius (1182), and Mariano Rampolla (1843). After him are Sergio Sebastiani (1931), Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi (1566), Margaret of Cortona (1247), Paul of the Cross (1694), Felix of Cantalice (1515), and Felicitas of Rome (101).

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