RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jacques de Molay

1243 - 1314

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Jacques de Molay (French: [də mɔlɛ]; c. 1240–1250 – 11 or 18 March 1314), also spelled "Molai", was the 23rd and last grand master of the Knights Templar, leading the order sometime before 20 April 1292 until it was dissolved by order of Pope Clement V in 1312. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques de Molay has received more than 2,184,946 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques de Molay is the 307th most popular religious figure (down from 186th in 2019), the 302nd most popular biography from France (down from 198th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular French Religious Figure.

Jacques de Molay was the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar. He was burned at the stake in 1314 for heresy and blasphemy.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jacques de Molay ranks 307 out of 3,187. Before him are Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, Habakkuk, Pope John XXI, Pope Gregory V, Abu Dawood, and Saint Sava. After him are Pope Agatho, Amenhotep I, Maximilian Kolbe, Irenaeus, Pope Sergius III, and Pope Gregory VI.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1243, Jacques de Molay ranks 1. After him are James II of Majorca, Giles of Rome, Emperor Go-Fukakusa, Zhenjin, and Philip I, Latin Emperor. Among people deceased in 1314, Jacques de Molay ranks 3. Before him are Philip IV of France, and Pope Clement V. After him are John Balliol, Albert II, Margrave of Meissen, Stephen I, Ban of Bosnia, Rainier I of Monaco, Lord of Cagnes, Helen of Anjou, Zhu Shijie, and Muhammad III of Granada.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques de Molay ranks 302 out of 6,770. Before him are Jérôme Bonaparte (1784), Napoléon Louis Bonaparte (1804), Germaine de Staël (1766), Louis, Grand Dauphin (1661), Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon (1635), and François Mauriac (1885). After him are Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749), John I of France (1316), Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684), François de La Rochefoucauld (1613), René Goscinny (1926), and Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès (1748).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Jacques de Molay ranks 23. Before him are Pope Innocent VI (1282), Pope Urban VI (1318), Pope Callixtus II (1065), Pope Innocent V (1225), Vincent de Paul (1581), and Francis de Sales (1567). After him are Pope Nicholas II (990), John Vianney (1786), Genevieve (423), Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647), Charles de Foucauld (1858), and Rashi (1040).

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