RELIGIOUS FIGURE

John of Capistrano

1386 - 1456

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John of Capistrano, OFM (Italian: San Giovanni da Capestrano, Hungarian: Kapisztrán János, Polish: Jan Kapistran, Croatian: Ivan Kapistran; 24 June 1386 – 23 October 1456) was a Franciscan friar and Catholic priest from the Italian town of Capestrano, Abruzzo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John of Capistrano has received more than 247,095 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). John of Capistrano is the 671st most popular religious figure (down from 575th in 2019), the 819th most popular biography from Italy (down from 681st in 2019) and the 251st most popular Italian Religious Figure.

John of Capistrano is most famous for being a Franciscan friar who was sent to Hungary in the 14th century to help defend the country against the Ottoman Empire.

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  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, John of Capistrano ranks 671 out of 3,187. Before him are Louis de Montfort, Pope Benedict V, Mattathias, Justin Martyr, John Cassian, and Kinga of Poland. After him are Muhammad al-Jawad, Saint Remigius, Victor of Aveyron, Isaac Luria, Julia of Corsica, and Norbert of Xanten.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1386, John of Capistrano ranks 4. Before him are Donatello, Mehmed I, and Henry V of England. After him are Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria, An-Nasir Faraj, Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Ambrose Traversari, and Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy. Among people deceased in 1456, John of Capistrano ranks 3. Before him are John Hunyadi, and Đurađ Branković. After him are Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, Ulrich II, Count of Celje, Vladislav II of Wallachia, Jacques Cœur, Lawrence Justinian, and Juan de Mena.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, John of Capistrano ranks 819 out of 5,161. Before him are Piero di Cosimo (1462), Herod Agrippa II (28), Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (1900), Giovanni Pisano (1248), Baldassare Galuppi (1706), and Gigliola Cinquetti (1947). After him are Marcus Velleius Paterculus (-19), Rocco Siffredi (1964), Fausta (289), Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522), Andrea del Castagno (1420), and Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (1751).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, John of Capistrano ranks 251. Before him are Pope Vigilius (500), Pope Felix IV (480), Pope Anastasius II (450), Tarcisius (263), Pope Benedict IV (860), and Pope Benedict V (930). After him are Jacobus da Varagine (1228), Pope Leo V (870), Tarcisio Bertone (1934), Scholastica (480), Angelo Sodano (1927), and Pope Severinus (600).

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