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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jacob Sprenger

1435 - 1495

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Jacob Sprenger (also James, 1436/1438 – 6 December 1495) was a Dominican inquisitor and theologian principally known for his association with a well-known guide for witch-hunters from 1486, Malleus Maleficarum. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacob Sprenger has received more than 74,196 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob Sprenger is the 945th most popular religious figure (down from 873rd in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 114th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swiss Religious Figure.

Jacques Sprenger was a Dominican inquisitor. He was most famous for being the author of the book Malleus Maleficarum, which was an important work in the persecution of witches.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jacob Sprenger ranks 945 out of 2,238. Before him are Bavo of Ghent, Gotthard of Hildesheim, Alessandro Farnese, Joseph Franklin Rutherford, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam, and Paul of Samosata. After him are Jorge Medina, Mariam Baouardy, Ignatios of Constantinople, Sabellius, Merytre-Hatshepsut, and Peter of Verona.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1435, Jacob Sprenger ranks 5. Before him are Andrea del Verrocchio, Hans Memling, Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy, and Andrea della Robbia. After him are Bernt Notke, Francis II, Duke of Brittany, Michael Pacher, Johannes Tinctoris, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Pietro Lombardo, and Sittişah Hatun. Among people deceased in 1495, Jacob Sprenger ranks 9. Before him are Sultan Cem, Alfonso II of Naples, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, Francis, Count of Vendôme, Dorothea of Brandenburg, and Cosimo Tura. After him are Vlad Călugărul, Magdalena of France, Jasper Tudor, Elizabeth Tudor, Pedro González de Mendoza, and Gabriel Biel.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jacob Sprenger ranks 120 out of 876. Before him are Jacques Dubochet (1942), Gottfried Keller (1819), Paul Guldin (1577), Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702), Heinrich Bullinger (1504), and Sigismond Thalberg (1812). After him are Mario Adorf (1930), Matthäus Merian (1593), Carla Del Ponte (1947), Marthe Keller (1945), Blaise Cendrars (1887), and Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Switzerland

Among religious figures born in Switzerland, Jacob Sprenger ranks 7. Before him are Huldrych Zwingli (1484), Hans Küng (1928), Brother Roger (1915), Nicholas of Flüe (1417), Anna Göldi (1734), and Heinrich Bullinger (1504). After him are Jakob Ammann (1644), Ulrich of Augsburg (890), Billy Meier (1937), Emil Brunner (1889), Maurice Bavaud (1916), and Henri Schwery (1932).

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