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Matthias Flacius

1520 - 1575

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Matthias Flacius Illyricus (Latin; Croatian: Matija Vlačić Ilirik) or Francovich (Croatian: Franković) (3 March 1520 – 11 March 1575) was a Lutheran reformer from Istria, present-day Croatia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthias Flacius has received more than 85,340 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Matthias Flacius is the 1,285th most popular writer (down from 1,216th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 43rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Croatian Writer.

Matthias Flacius was a theologian who was most famous for his work on the Eucharist.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.92

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Matthias Flacius ranks 1,285 out of 5,755Before him are Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, W. G. Sebald, August von Kotzebue, Maj Sjöwall, Alexander Afanasyev, and Georg Kaiser. After him are Émile Gaboriau, Jan Długosz, Ibn Sirin, Lycophron, Hassan ibn Thabit, and Victor Serge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1520, Matthias Flacius ranks 10Before him are Vincenzo Galilei, Barbara Radziwiłł, Koca Sinan Pasha, Christophe Plantin, Alessandro Farnese, and Madeleine of Valois. After him are William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Thoinot Arbeau, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Moses Isserles, Aben Humeya, and Pedro Cieza de León. Among people deceased in 1575, Matthias Flacius ranks 5Before him are Pieter Aertsen, Claude of France, Antonis Mor, and Heinrich Bullinger. After him are Joseph Karo, Jan Matsys, Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Francesco Maurolico, Sophia Jagiellon, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Corneille de Lyon, and Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Matthias Flacius ranks 49 out of 589Before him are Josip Skoblar (1941), Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815), Ivan Meštrović (1883), Stjepan Bobek (1923), Ljudevit Gaj (1809), and Ante Gotovina (1955). After him are Slavko Kvaternik (1878), Veljko Kadijević (1925), Luigi Dallapiccola (1904), Ivo Josipović (1957), Archduke Wilhelm of Austria (1895), and Milka Planinc (1924).

Among WRITERS In Croatia

Among writers born in Croatia, Matthias Flacius ranks 5Before him are Miroslav Krleža (1893), Ivan Gundulić (1589), Marko Marulić (1450), and Ljudevit Gaj (1809). After him are Dubravka Ugrešić (1949), Petar Zrinski (1621), Marin Držić (1508), Ödön von Horváth (1901), Tuone Udaina (1821), Ivan Mažuranić (1814), and Tin Ujević (1891).