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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

John Francis Regis

1597 - 1640

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Jean-François Régis, SJ, commonly known as Saint John Francis Regis and Saint Regis (31 January 1597 – 31 December 1640), was a French priest of the Society of Jesus, recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church in 1737. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Francis Regis has received more than 145,869 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. John Francis Regis is the 1,729th most popular religious figure, the 2,953rd most popular biography from France and the 152nd most popular French Religious Figure.

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  • 17

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  • 4.74

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  • 1.99

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, John Francis Regis ranks 1,729 out of 2,238Before him are Barbara West, Richard Simon, Michel Sabbah, Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Estanislao Esteban Karlic, and Fadl ibn Abbas. After him are Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Michał Sopoćko, Alessandro Albani, Sigmundur Brestisson, Chromatius, and Fulton J. Sheen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1597, John Francis Regis ranks 11Before him are Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Giovanni Battista Hodierna, Luigi Rossi, François Duquesnoy, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, and Honoré II, Prince of Monaco. After him are Salomon de Bray, Justus Sustermans, Vincent Voiture, Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Jan van Bijlert. Among people deceased in 1640, John Francis Regis ranks 14Before him are Giuseppe Cesari, Charles, Duke of Guise, Wilhelm Kettler, Vittoria Aleotti, Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, and Robert Burton. After him are Paul Fleming, Alessandro Salvio, Peter Fourier, Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz, and Philip Massinger.

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In France

Among people born in France, John Francis Regis ranks 2,953 out of 6,011Before him are Princess Louise of Savoy (1627), Jean-François de La Harpe (1739), Léon Flameng (1877), Émile Levassor (1843), Jean-Baptiste van Loo (1684), and Christian Ferras (1933). After him are Adrien Proust (1834), Jean-Paul Rappeneau (1932), Marie-Thérèse Walter (1909), Lucien Quélet (1832), Paul Gavarni (1804), and Ludovic Halévy (1834).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, John Francis Regis ranks 152Before him are Peter Bartholomew (1100), Lupus of Troyes (395), Eucherius of Lyon (380), Pierre Pigneau de Behaine (1741), Raël (1946), and Richard Simon (1638). After him are Bertha of Kent (550), Peter Chanel (1803), Pierre Robert Olivétan (1505), Bernard de Montfaucon (1655), Marie-Joseph Lagrange (1855), and Prosper Guéranger (1805).