RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

1651 - 1719

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Jean-Baptiste de La Salle () (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist də la sal]; 1651 – 7 April 1719) was a French priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. He is a saint of the Catholic Church and the patron saint for teachers of youth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Baptiste de La Salle has received more than 704,843 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Jean-Baptiste de La Salle is the 641st most popular religious figure (up from 677th in 2019), the 743rd most popular biography from France (up from 816th in 2019) and the 41st most popular French Religious Figure.

Jean-Baptiste de la Salle was a French priest and educator who is most famous for founding the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.

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  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle ranks 641 out of 3,187. Before him are Peter Waldo, Jael, Father Damien, Catherine Labouré, Obadiah, and Nicodemus. After him are Clotilde, Pope Anastasius II, Tarcisius, Eleazar, Pope Theodore I, and Maudgalyayana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1651, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle ranks 3. Before him are Margaret Theresa of Spain, and François Fénelon. After him are William Dampier, Natalya Naryshkina, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, Engelbert Kaempfer, Madame d'Aulnoy, Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld, Charles II, Elector Palatine, Charles Eugène de Croÿ, and Dimitry of Rostov. Among people deceased in 1719, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle ranks 2. Before him is Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon. After him are John Flamsteed, Benjamin Hornigold, Michel Rolle, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Johann Friedrich Böttger, Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, Boris Sheremetev, Arnold Houbraken, and Joseph Addison.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle ranks 743 out of 6,770. Before him are Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713), Bruno Latour (1947), Dom Pérignon (1639), Catherine Labouré (1806), Maurice Béjart (1927), and Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848). After him are Eugène Edine Pottier (1816), Clotilde (475), Jérôme Lalande (1732), Charles Hermite (1822), Simon Vouet (1590), and François-André Danican Philidor (1726).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle ranks 41. Before him are Ansgar (801), Marcel Lefebvre (1905), Pope Stephen IX (1020), Jean Meslier (1664), Peter Waldo (1140), and Catherine Labouré (1806). After him are Clotilde (475), Louis de Montfort (1673), Saint Remigius (437), Victor of Aveyron (1793), Robert of Molesme (1024), and Célestin Freinet (1896).

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