RELIGIOUS FIGURE

John Berchmans

1599 - 1621

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John Berchmans, SJ (Dutch: Jan Berchmans [jɑm ˈbɛr(ə)xmɑns]; 13 March 1599 – 13 August 1621) was a Belgian Jesuit scholastic and is revered as a saint in the Catholic Church. In 1615, the Jesuits opened a college at Mechelen, Belgium and Berchmans was one of the first to enroll. His spiritual model was his fellow Jesuit Aloysius Gonzaga, and he was influenced by the example of the English Jesuit martyrs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Berchmans has received more than 269,917 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). John Berchmans is the 1,396th most popular religious figure (up from 1,457th in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 298th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Belgian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, John Berchmans ranks 1,396 out of 3,187. Before him are Antipope Sylvester IV, Willehad, Naropa, Zakir Naik, Ashkenaz, and Clare of Montefalco. After him are Pierre de Castelnau, Sajah, Carpocrates, Antipope Adalbert, Kilab ibn Murrah, and Mahinda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1599, John Berchmans ranks 13. Before him are Stefan Czarniecki, Christian the Younger of Brunswick, Adriaen van Utrecht, Pieter van Laer, Ottavio Piccolomini, and Andrea Sacchi. After him are Robert Blake, Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Prasat Thong, Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de Sablé, and Marie of the Incarnation. Among people deceased in 1621, John Berchmans ranks 19. Before him are Maria Christina, Princess of Transylvania, Antoine de Montchrestien, Ambrosius Bosschaert, Johann Arndt, Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, and Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī. After him are Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, 2nd Count of Bucquoy, Jan Jesenius, Hendrick de Keyser, Ottavio Rinuccini, Anna Juliana Gonzaga, and Pietro Aldobrandini.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, John Berchmans ranks 279 out of 1,190. Before him are Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier (1797), Henry IV, Duke of Brabant (1251), Willy Claes (1938), Edward Schillebeeckx (1914), Adeliza of Louvain (1103), and Rik Van Steenbergen (1924). After him are Antoinette de Mérode (1828), Max Verstappen (1997), Henri Debehogne (1928), Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium (1833), Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1322), and Godfried Danneels (1933).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Belgium

Among religious figures born in Belgium, John Berchmans ranks 13. Before him are Clemens August of Bavaria (1700), Adalard of Corbie (751), Juliana of Liège (1193), Rimbert (830), William of St-Thierry (1085), and Edward Schillebeeckx (1914). After him are Godfried Danneels (1933), Désiré-Joseph Mercier (1851), Leo Joseph Suenens (1904), Chrodegang (715), Sigebert of Gembloux (1030), and Joseph Cardijn (1882).

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