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Gasparo Contarini

1483 - 1542

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Gasparo Contarini (16 October 1483 – 24 August 1542) was an Italian diplomat, cardinal, and Bishop of Belluno. He advocated for dialogue with Protestants during the Reformation. Born in Venice, he served as the Republic's ambassador to Charles V during its war with him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gasparo Contarini has received more than 70,421 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Gasparo Contarini is the 2,781st most popular writer (down from 2,552nd in 2019), the 2,497th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,274th in 2019) and the 168th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gasparo Contarini ranks 2,781 out of 5,755Before him are David Eddings, Eumelus of Corinth, Ōtomo no Yakamochi, Georg Herwegh, Ana Blandiana, and Imre Madách. After him are François Cheng, David Gemmell, Giuseppe Giacosa, Ludovic Halévy, Laura Bridgman, and Wang Bo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1483, Gasparo Contarini ranks 11Before him are Francisco de Vitoria, Francesco Guicciardini, Paolo Giovio, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Felice della Rovere, and Jaime, Duke of Braganza. After him are Simon Bening and Nicolaus von Amsdorf. Among people deceased in 1542, Gasparo Contarini ranks 17Before him are Peter Henlein, Cristóvão da Gama, Malik Muhammad Jayasi, Diego de Almagro II, Ludwig Senfl, and Nikolaus Federmann. After him are Girolamo Aleandro, Pedro Reinel, and Angelo Beolco.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gasparo Contarini ranks 2,497 out of 4,668Before him are Paolo Stoppa (1906), Matteo Renzi (1975), Cristoforo Moro (1390), Giovanni Dolfin (1303), Giancarlo Baghetti (1934), and Pietro Grimani (1677). After him are Giuseppe Giacosa (1847), Giuseppe Zanardelli (1826), Alessandro Albani (1692), Sergio Marchionne (1952), Giovanni Poleni (1683), and Marco Uccellini (1603).

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Gasparo Contarini ranks 168Before him are Félix Fénéon (1861), Michele Ruggieri (1543), Sophron (-500), Duris of Samos (-340), Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893), and Alda Merini (1931). After him are Giuseppe Giacosa (1847), Marco Foscarini (1696), Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532), Antonio Beccadelli (1394), Silvio Pellico (1789), and Valerio Massimo Manfredi (1942).