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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Federico Borromeo

1564 - 1631

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Federico Borromeo (Italian: [fedeˈriːko borroˈmɛːo]; 18 August 1564 – 21 September 1631) was an Italian cardinal and Archbishop of Milan, a prominent figure of Counter-Reformation in Italy. Federico was a hero of the plague of 1630, described in Alessandro Manzoni's historical novel, The Betrothed. He was a great patron of the arts and founded the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, one of the first free public libraries in Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Federico Borromeo has received more than 79,880 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Federico Borromeo is the 1,584th most popular religious figure (down from 1,418th in 2019), the 2,315th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,225th in 2019) and the 394th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Federico Borromeo ranks 1,584 out of 2,238. Before him are Tlacaelel, Jehoiada, Yijing, Lawrence Justinian, Taisen Deshimaru, and Ippolito d'Este. After him are Nicolaus Olahus, Zadok, Dagobert of Pisa, Plutarch of Byzantium, Willibald, and Cuthbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1564, Federico Borromeo ranks 14. Before him are Ahmad Sirhindi, Francisco Pacheco, Hans Leo Hassler, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Joos de Momper, and Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara. After him are John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Pedro Páez. Among people deceased in 1631, Federico Borromeo ranks 10. Before him are Constance of Austria, Willem Janszoon, Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria, Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, and Michael Maestlin. After him are Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Katō Yoshiaki, Nicolò Contarini, and Michael Drayton.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Federico Borromeo ranks 2,315 out of 4,668. Before him are Giovanna Garzoni (1600), Franco Basaglia (1924), Alessandro Baricco (1958), Félix Fénéon (1861), Quintus Caecilius Metellus (-300), and Ippolito d'Este (1479). After him are Bernardo Buontalenti (1531), Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1855), Sikelgaita (1040), Spurius Cassius Viscellinus (-540), Artemio Franchi (1922), and Dagobert of Pisa (1100).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Federico Borromeo ranks 394. Before him are Giovanni Lajolo (1935), Gaudentius of Brescia (327), Pietro Riario (1447), Antonio Quarracino (1923), Lawrence Justinian (1381), and Ippolito d'Este (1479). After him are Dagobert of Pisa (1100), Peter Martyr Vermigli (1499), Olimpia Maidalchini (1591), Scipione Rebiba (1504), Antipope Callixtus III (null), and Vigilius of Trent (355).

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