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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 24,939 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). François de Tournon is the 2,226th most popular religious figure (down from 1,799th in 2019), the 3,813th most popular biography from France (down from 3,346th in 2019) and the 188th most popular French Religious Figure.

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  • 48.21

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, François de Tournon ranks 2,226 out of 2,238Before him are Richard of Chichester, Hugh Latimer, Peter of Vaux-de-Cernay, Henryk Gulbinowicz, Laurence of Byzantium, and Peter Doi. After him are Aldhelm, António Ribeiro, Rubén Salazar Gómez, Mustafa Cerić, Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, and Ivan II of Bulgaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1489, François de Tournon ranks 15Before him are Charles IV, Duke of Alençon, Gerónimo de Aguilar, Fernando d'Ávalos, Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Francesco Venier, and Lorenzo Priuli.  Among people deceased in 1562, François de Tournon ranks 14Before him are Jan van Scorel, Francesco de' Rossi, Christoph Amberger, Peter Martyr Vermigli, Claudin de Sermisy, and Giovanni de' Medici.

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In France

Among people born in France, François de Tournon ranks 3,813 out of 6,011Before him are Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1761), Marie Jules César Savigny (1777), Christophe Dugarry (1972), Paul Paray (1886), Michel Deguy (1930), and Antoine Nicolas Duchesne (1747). After him are Paul Du Chaillu (1835), Christophe Gans (1960), Louis Buffet (1818), Jean Bouin (1888), Daniel Morelon (1944), and Victor Baltard (1805).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, François de Tournon ranks 188Before him are Marie of the Incarnation (1599), Hilary of Arles (401), Ratramnus (800), Marie-Eugénie de Jésus (1817), Jean-Pierre Ricard (1944), and Léon-Adolphe Amette (1850). After him are François Marty (1904), Bernard Panafieu (1931), Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769), Emmanuel Célestin Suhard (1874), Adalbero of Reims (null), and Jacques Gaillot (1935).