RELIGIOUS FIGURE

François de Tournon

1489 - 1562

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François de Tournon (1489 in Tournon-sur-Rhône – 1562 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a French Augustinian friar, an archbishop, diplomat, courtier, and cardinal. From 1536 he was also a military supply officer of French forces operating in Provence, Savoy and Piedmont. In the same year he founded the Collège de Tournon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François de Tournon has received more than 26,390 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). François de Tournon is the 2,159th most popular religious figure (up from 2,209th in 2019), the 3,593rd most popular biography from France (up from 3,797th in 2019) and the 183rd most popular French Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 26k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, François de Tournon ranks 2,159 out of 3,187. Before him are Polyeuctus of Constantinople, Saint Pirmin, Musō Soseki, Hilary of Arles, Rupert Mayer, and Nectarius of Constantinople. After him are Pedro Casaldáliga, Hans Talhoffer, Juan Benlloch i Vivó, Peter of Bruys, Arnobius the Younger, and Maria Bernarda Bütler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1489, François de Tournon ranks 14. Before him are Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, Gerónimo de Aguilar, Charles IV, Duke of Alençon, Fernando d'Ávalos, Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Francesco Venier. After him is Lorenzo Priuli. Among people deceased in 1562, François de Tournon ranks 13. Before him are Peter of Alcantara, Jan van Scorel, Francesco de' Rossi, Christoph Amberger, Claudin de Sermisy, and Giovanni de' Medici. After him are Virgil Solis, Peter Martyr Vermigli, and Maham Anga.

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In France

Among people born in France, François de Tournon ranks 3,593 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Fatton (1925), Gaston Gallimard (1881), Gérard Collomb (1947), Jacques Herbrand (1908), Andréa Parisy (1935), and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (1940). After him are Achille Valenciennes (1794), Micheline Bernardini (1927), Lucien Simon (1861), Henri Callot (1875), Maurice Tourneur (1876), and Jean Robic (1921).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, François de Tournon ranks 183. Before him are Julie Billiart (1751), Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange (1877), Albinus of Angers (470), Pasquier Quesnel (1634), Alfred Des Cloizeaux (1817), and Hilary of Arles (401). After him are Peter of Bruys (1095), Michel Garicoïts (1797), Claude Fleury (1640), Jean-Pierre Ricard (1944), Louis Bourdaloue (1632), and Christophe Pierre (1946).

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