RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Johannes Magnus

1488 - 1544

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Johannes Magnus (a modified form of Ioannes Magnus, a Latin translation of his birth name Johan Månsson; 19 March 1488 – 22 March 1544) was the last functioning Catholic Archbishop in Sweden, and also a theologian, genealogist, and historian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johannes Magnus has received more than 65,385 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Johannes Magnus is the 1,174th most popular religious figure (up from 1,405th in 2019), the 251st most popular biography from Sweden (up from 296th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swedish Religious Figure.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.99

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  • 1.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Johannes Magnus ranks 1,174 out of 3,187. Before him are Hilarion, Didymus the Blind, Isaac of Armenia, Amandus, Gildas, and Karekin II. After him are Begga, Berthold, Demetrios I of Constantinople, Gisela, Abbess of Chelles, Eusebius of Vercelli, and Eutychius of Constantinople.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1488, Johannes Magnus ranks 12. Before him are Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Sebastian Münster, Joseph Karo, Ferdinand Columbus, and Charles II, Duke of Savoy. After him are Jan Tarnowski, Otto Brunfels, Heinrich Glarean, Alonso Berruguete, Gustav Trolle, and Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg. Among people deceased in 1544, Johannes Magnus ranks 6. Before him are Jungjong of Joseon, Hwang Jini, Manco Inca Yupanqui, Clément Marot, and Antoine, Duke of Lorraine. After him are Ruy López de Villalobos, Pedro Damiano, Valerius Cordus, Louis V, Elector Palatine, Antonio de Guevara, and Bonaventure des Périers.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Johannes Magnus ranks 251 out of 1,879. Before him are Árni Magnússon (1663), Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland (1889), Johan Vilhelm Snellman (1806), Anna of Sweden (1545), Gunnar Björnstrand (1909), and Jan Guillou (1944). After him are Yngwie Malmsteen (1963), Per Brahe the Younger (1602), Gunnel Lindblom (1931), Ludvig Nobel (1831), Agne Simonsson (1935), and Elizabeth Stride (1843).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Sweden

Among religious figures born in Sweden, Johannes Magnus ranks 7. Before him are Bridget of Sweden (1303), Eric IX of Sweden (1120), Olaus Magnus (1490), Nathan Söderblom (1866), Lars Levi Laestadius (1800), and Catherine of Vadstena (1331). After him are Prince Oscar Bernadotte (1859), Gustav Trolle (1488), Laurentius Petri (1499), Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna (1417), Elizabeth Hesselblad (1870), and Ulf Ekman (1950).

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