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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 101,789 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Gerolamo Emiliani is the 914th most popular religious figure (up from 999th in 2019), the 1,274th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,535th in 2019) and the 294th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Gerolamo Emiliani ranks 914 out of 2,238Before him are Blessed Gerard, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, Hermenegild, Anna Göldi, Carlo Maria Viganò, and Arnold of Brescia. After him are Joanna, wife of Chuza, Eleazar, Louise de Marillac, Lambert of Maastricht, Methodios I of Constantinople, and Al-Bayhaqi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1486, Gerolamo Emiliani ranks 9Before him are Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Jacopo Sansovino, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Sher Shah Suri, Charles III, Duke of Savoy, and Francysk Skaryna. After him are Ahuitzotl, Johann Eck, Martin Agricola, Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Andreas Karlstadt, and Thomas of Villanova. Among people deceased in 1537, Gerolamo Emiliani ranks 6Before 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, and Lempira.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gerolamo Emiliani ranks 1,274 out of 4,668Before him are Giulia Tofana (1581), Naevius Sutorius Macro (-21), Brunetto Latini (1220), Cecilia Gallerani (1473), Carlo Maria Viganò (1941), and Arnold of Brescia (1100). After him are Mathilde Bonaparte (1820), Fra Mauro (1385), Julia Flavia (64), Princess Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily (1804), Giovanni Segantini (1858), and Saverio Mercadante (1795).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Gerolamo Emiliani ranks 294Before him are Antipope Felix II (300), Maria Cristina of Savoy (1812), Saint Sabina (100), Blessed Gerard (1047), Carlo Maria Viganò (1941), and Arnold of Brescia (1100). After him are Methodios I of Constantinople (788), Tatiana of Rome (200), Antipope John XVI (1000), Paolo Giovio (1483), Alessandro Valignano (1539), and Peter of Verona (1206).