RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Johann Tetzel

1460 - 1519

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Johann Tetzel (c. 1465 – 11 August 1519) was a German Dominican friar and preacher. He was appointed Inquisitor for Poland and Saxony, later becoming the Grand Commissioner for indulgences in Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Tetzel has received more than 534,728 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Johann Tetzel is the 707th most popular religious figure, the 696th most popular biography from Germany (up from 720th in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Religious Figure.

Johann Tetzel was a Dominican friar and preacher who sold indulgences to fund the rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica.

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  • 530k

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  • 63.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Johann Tetzel ranks 707 out of 3,187. Before him are Antipas of Pergamum, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Abdullah ibn Salam, Epiphanius of Salamis, Thomas Wolsey, and Émile Benveniste. After him are Gertrude of Nivelles, Athenagoras I of Constantinople, John of God, Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, Hillel the Elder, and Lucile Randon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1460, Johann Tetzel ranks 4. Before him are Vasco da Gama, Juan Ponce de León, and Vicente Yáñez Pinzón. After him are Tristão da Cunha, Lorenzo Costa, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, Bartholomew Columbus, Andrea Solari, Juan de la Cosa, Konstanty Ostrogski, and Tilman Riemenschneider. Among people deceased in 1519, Johann Tetzel ranks 6. Before him are Leonardo da Vinci, Lucrezia Borgia, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Vasco Núñez de Balboa, and Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino. After him are Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua, Michael Wolgemut, Juan de Flandes, Hōjō Sōun, Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, and Ambrosius Holbein.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Tetzel ranks 696 out of 7,253. Before him are Bernard Katz (1911), Helmut Rahn (1929), Moses Hess (1812), Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen (1738), Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174), and Jost Gippert (1956). After him are Georg Elser (1903), Peter Kürten (1883), William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1852), Heinrich Hoffmann (1885), Kurt Koffka (1886), and Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Johann Tetzel ranks 16. Before him are Thomas à Kempis (1380), Bruno of Cologne (1030), Pope Victor II (1018), Rabanus Maurus (780), Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774), and Gertrude the Great (1256). After him are Therese Neumann (1898), Albert of Brandenburg (1490), Bruno of Querfurt (970), Margot Frank (1926), Nicolaus Zinzendorf (1700), and Killing of Peter Fechter (1944).

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