RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Gerolamo Emiliani

1486 - 1537

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Gerolamo Emiliani, CRS (Italian: Gerolamo Emiliani also Jerome Aemilian, Hiëronymus Emiliani) (1486 – 8 February 1537) was an Italian humanitarian, founder of the Somaschi Fathers, and is considered a saint by the Catholic Church. Born in Venice, he spent some time in the military, and later served as a magistrate. Emiliani provided for the sick, the hungry, and orphans; and persuaded others to do likewise. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerolamo Emiliani has received more than 107,659 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Gerolamo Emiliani is the 926th most popular religious figure (down from 906th in 2019), the 1,335th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,271st in 2019) and the 296th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.04

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  • 2.10

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Gerolamo Emiliani ranks 926 out of 3,187. Before him are Robert Sarah, Conrad Schumann, Gudula, John of Leiden, Leopold Mandić, and Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam. After him are Otto of Bamberg, Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, Paula of Rome, Lars Levi Laestadius, Antipope Clement VIII, and Ibn Babawayh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1486, Gerolamo Emiliani ranks 10. Before him are Jacopo Sansovino, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Sher Shah Suri, Charles III, Duke of Savoy, Francysk Skaryna, and Martin Agricola. After him are Ahuitzotl, Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Johann Eck, Andreas Karlstadt, Thomas of Villanova, and Sigismund von Herberstein. Among people deceased in 1537, Gerolamo Emiliani ranks 6. Before him are Jane Seymour, Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, Charles, Duke of Vendôme, Lorenzo di Credi, and Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples. After him are Pedro de Mendoza, Madeleine of Valois, Jörg Breu the Elder, Lempira, and Thomas Murner.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gerolamo Emiliani ranks 1,335 out of 5,161. Before him are Charles III, Duke of Parma (1823), Lina Wertmüller (1928), Giovanni Verga (1840), Louis V, Duke of Bavaria (1315), Beppe Grillo (1948), and Enrico Berlinguer (1922). After him are Joe D'Amato (1936), Giorgio Parisi (1948), Elsa Martinelli (1935), Maurus Servius Honoratus (363), Paula of Rome (347), and Fede Galizia (1578).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Gerolamo Emiliani ranks 296. Before him are Caesar Baronius (1538), Angela of Foligno (1248), Scipione Borghese (1577), Maria Cristina of Savoy (1812), Ascanio Sforza (1455), and Antipope Felix II (300). After him are Paula of Rome (347), Lucifer of Cagliari (201), Antipope Innocent III (1150), Paolo Giovio (1483), Saint Silvia (515), and Arnold of Brescia (1100).

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