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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

John of Montecorvino

1246 - 1328

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John of Montecorvino or Giovanni da Montecorvino in Italian (1247 – 1328) was an Italian Franciscan missionary, traveller and statesman, founder of the earliest Latin Catholic missions in India and China, and archbishop of Peking. He converted many people during his missionary work and established several churches in Yuan dynasty-held Beijing. John of Montecorvino wrote a letter intending to convert the Great Khan to Catholicism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John of Montecorvino has received more than 118,141 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). John of Montecorvino is the 1,120th most popular religious figure (down from 973rd in 2019), the 1,607th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,483rd in 2019) and the 337th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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  • 120k

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  • 57.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, John of Montecorvino ranks 1,120 out of 2,238. Before him are Caesarius of Arles, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Marcial Maciel, Günter Guillaume, George Syncellus, and Raymond Nonnatus. After him are Tode Mongke, Dom Justo Takayama, Suhayb ar-Rumi, Guru Arjan, Franz Jägerstätter, and Vincent of Lérins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1246, John of Montecorvino ranks 1. After him is Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel. Among people deceased in 1328, John of Montecorvino ranks 6. Before him are Ibn Taymiyyah, Charles IV of France, Meister Eckhart, Clementia of Hungary, and Isabella of Castile, Queen of Aragon. After him are Charles, Duke of Calabria, Yesün Temür, Galeazzo I Visconti, Ragibagh Khan, Prince Hisaaki, and Castruccio Castracani.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, John of Montecorvino ranks 1,607 out of 4,668. Before him are Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma (1934), Bruno Pontecorvo (1913), Eduardo De Filippo (1900), Giovanni Andrea Doria (1539), Isabella of Savoy (1591), and Aistulf (null). After him are Frank Nitti (1886), Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (-49), Filippo Juvarra (1678), Pompeia (-90), Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria (1839), and Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (1926).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, John of Montecorvino ranks 337. Before him are Eusebius of Vercelli (283), Rose of Viterbo (1233), Pietro I Orseolo (928), Zita (1212), Fausto Sozzini (1539), and Saint Marcella (325). After him are Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (1838), Teobaldo Boccapecci (1100), Simon of Trent (1472), Giuseppe Siri (1906), Pietro Gasparri (1852), and Anthony Maria Zaccaria (1502).

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