RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jane Frances de Chantal

1572 - 1641

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Jane Frances de Chantal, VHM (born Jeanne-Françoise Frémyot, Baroness of Chantal; 28 January 1572 – 13 December 1641) was a French Catholic noble widow and nun who was beatified in 1751 and canonized in 1767. She founded the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary. The religious order accepted women who were rejected by other orders because of poor health or age. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jane Frances de Chantal has received more than 345,064 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Jane Frances de Chantal is the 896th most popular religious figure (down from 846th in 2019), the 1,303rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,209th in 2019) and the 61st most popular French Religious Figure.

Jane Frances de Chantal was a nun and founder of the Society of the Visitation. She is most famous for her work with the sick and poor.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jane Frances de Chantal ranks 896 out of 3,187. Before her are Severinus of Noricum, Abiathar, Isma'il ibn Ja'far, Thaïs, Gotthard of Hildesheim, and Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg. After her are John Mott, Anthony Mary Claret, Pavle, Serbian Patriarch, John of Rila, Charles Spurgeon, and William Farel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1572, Jane Frances de Chantal ranks 7. Before her are John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, John Donne, Cornelis Drebbel, Johann Bayer, Ben Jonson, and Sigismund Báthory. After her are Cyril Lucaris, Izumo no Okuni, Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, Fakhr al-Din II, and Marie Elisabeth of France. Among people deceased in 1641, Jane Frances de Chantal ranks 6. Before her are Anthony van Dyck, Gwanghaegun of Joseon, Domenichino, Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria, and Thomas Mun. After her are Jan Janszoon, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Johan Banér, George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg, Jeremiah Horrocks, and Hedwig of Denmark.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jane Frances de Chantal ranks 1,303 out of 6,770. Before her are Michel Butor (1926), Jean-Louis Barrault (1910), Caterina Valente (1931), Monique Wittig (1935), Léon Bloy (1846), and Anne L'Huillier (1958). After her are Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766), Jean-Lambert Tallien (1767), Antoine François Prévost (1697), Bernard Buffet (1928), Petrus Ramus (1515), and Capucine (1928).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Jane Frances de Chantal ranks 61. Before her are Odile of Alsace (662), Antipope Gregory VIII (1100), Arnulf of Metz (582), Jean-Louis Tauran (1943), Louise de Marillac (1591), and Philipp Spener (1635). After her are William Farel (1489), John Eudes (1601), Adalbert of Magdeburg (910), Sebastian Castellio (1515), Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517), and Pierre Cauchon (1371).

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