RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jean du Bellay

1492 - 1560

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Jean du Bellay (1492 – 16 February 1560) was a French diplomat and cardinal, a younger brother of Guillaume du Bellay, and cousin and patron of the poet Joachim du Bellay. He was bishop of Bayonne by 1526, member of the Conseil privé (privy council) of King Francis I from 1530, and bishop of Paris from 1532. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean du Bellay has received more than 44,224 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Jean du Bellay is the 1,904th most popular religious figure (down from 1,868th in 2019), the 3,145th most popular biography from France (up from 3,190th in 2019) and the 158th most popular French Religious Figure.

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  • 44k

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  • 53.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jean du Bellay ranks 1,904 out of 3,187. Before him are Pedro Barreto, Elizabeth Bolden, Optatus, Hossein Wahid Khorasani, Antonios Naguib, and Maternus of Cologne. After him are Jorge María Mejía, Pope Achillas of Alexandria, Anders Arborelius, Theodor Innitzer, Louis Bertrand, and Juan José Omella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1492, Jean du Bellay ranks 11. Before him are Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Andrea Alciato, Elizabeth Tudor, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern, Sabina of Bavaria, and Saadet I Giray. After him are Adam Ries, and Martín de Azpilcueta. Among people deceased in 1560, Jean du Bellay ranks 16. Before him are Stańczyk, Jan Mandijn, Melchor Cano, Jan Łaski, Nicolas Gombert, and Domingo de Soto. After him are Philip I, Duke of Pomerania, Amy Robsart, and Wacław of Szamotuły.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean du Bellay ranks 3,145 out of 6,770. Before him are Auguste Barbier (1805), Raymond Sommer (1906), Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (1908), Madeleine Lebeau (1923), Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse (1822), and Antoine III de Gramont (1604). After him are Guillaume Rondelet (1507), Pierre Baillot (1771), Gustave Le Gray (1820), Charles Estienne (1504), Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand (1697), and Paul Belmondo (1963).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Jean du Bellay ranks 158. Before him are Émilie de Villeneuve (1811), Lupus of Troyes (395), Jacques Hamel (1930), Jean du Vergier de Hauranne (1581), Peter Chanel (1803), and Itta of Metz (592). After him are Pierre Robert Olivétan (1505), François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis (1715), Bénézet (1165), J. F. Oberlin (1740), Peter Julian Eymard (1811), and Jacques Marquette (1637).

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