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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 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 252,992 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). John Berchmans is the 1,469th most popular religious figure (down from 1,321st in 2019), the 298th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 278th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Belgian Religious Figure.

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  • 250k

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  • 54.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, John Berchmans ranks 1,469 out of 2,238. Before him are John of Patmos, Saint Meinhard, Gustav Trolle, Abdurreshid Ibrahim, Hōjō Ujimasa, and Sheikh Said. After him are Aristarchus of Thessalonica, François de la Chaise, Daniele Comboni, Joseph Genesius, Luigi De Magistris, and Abercius of Hieropolis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1599, John Berchmans ranks 12. Before him are Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, Stefan Czarniecki, Pieter van Laer, Andrea Sacchi, Ottavio Piccolomini, and Christian the Younger of Brunswick. After him are Robert Blake, Adriaen van Utrecht, Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, and Marie of the Incarnation. Among people deceased in 1621, John Berchmans ranks 22. Before him are Catherine Stenbock, Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, Jan Jesenius, Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, Anna Juliana Gonzaga, and Ottavio Rinuccini. After him are Hendrick de Keyser, Pietro Aldobrandini, Mary Sidney, Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, and Dirk Hartog.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, John Berchmans ranks 298 out of 1,019. Before him are Henry of Ghent (1217), Denis Calvaert (1540), Prince Baudouin of Belgium (1869), Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (1630), Charles Eugène de Croÿ (1651), and Jean Absil (1893). After him are Enzo Scifo (1966), Godfrey I, Count of Louvain (1060), Guy Thys (1922), George Sarton (1884), Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (1217), and Gustave de Molinari (1819).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Belgium

Among religious figures born in Belgium, John Berchmans ranks 14. Before him are Rimbert (830), Adalard of Corbie (751), Désiré-Joseph Mercier (1851), Edward Schillebeeckx (1914), William of St-Thierry (1085), and Leo Joseph Suenens (1904). After him are Joseph Cardijn (1882), Sigebert of Gembloux (1030), Chrodegang (715), Jozef De Kesel (1947), Jean-Baptiste Janssens (1889), and Peter Jan Beckx (1795).

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