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Menno Simons

1496 - 1561

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Menno Simons (1496 – 31 January 1561) was a Roman Catholic priest from the Friesland region of the Low Countries who was excommunicated from the Catholic Church and became an influential Anabaptist religious leader. Simons was a contemporary of the Protestant Reformers and it is from his name that his followers became known as Mennonites. "Menno Simons" (Dutch: [ˈmɛnoː ˈsimɔns]) is the Dutch version of his name; the Frisian version is Minne Simens (West Frisian: [ˈmɪnə ˈsimn̩s]), the possessive "s" creating a patronym meaning "Minne, son of Simen" (cf. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Menno Simons has received more than 493,994 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Menno Simons is the 658th most popular religious figure (up from 729th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 108th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Religious Figure.

Menno Simons was a Dutch theologian who was born in 1496 and died in 1561. He was a Catholic priest before he became a Protestant. He is most famous for being the founder of the Mennonite Church.

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  • 64.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Menno Simons by language

Over the past year Menno Simons has had the most page views in the with 59,767 views, followed by German (13,783), and Spanish (13,645). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Turkish (355.62%), Malagasy (175.61%), and Basque (120.21%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Menno Simons ranks 658 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Boniface, Basilios Bessarion, Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Pope Constantine, Pope Benedict IV, and Evagrius Ponticus. After him are Benkei, Romanos the Melodist, Je Tsongkhapa, Paulo Miki, Olaus Magnus, and Empress Meishō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1496, Menno Simons ranks 4. Before him are Hatice Sultan, Gustav I of Sweden, and Mary Tudor, Queen of France. After him are Sebastiano Venier, Claude, Duke of Guise, João de Barros, Johann Walter, Angelo Beolco, and Dawit II. Among people deceased in 1561, Menno Simons ranks 4. Before him are Şehzade Bayezid, Rüstem Pasha, and Gülfem Hatun. After him are Lope de Aguirre, Bairam Khan, Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara, Matteo Bandello, Claude Garamond, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Sayri Túpac, and Jan Tarnowski.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Menno Simons ranks 94 out of 1,646. Before him are Cornelis Drebbel (1572), Gerard Kuiper (1905), Gerard van Honthorst (1592), Martinus J. G. Veltman (1931), Sophia of Hanover (1630), and William IV, Prince of Orange (1711). After him are Isabelle de Charrière (1740), Geert Wilders (1963), Gerard ter Borch (1617), Gabriël Metsu (1629), Carel Fabritius (1622), and Joris Ivens (1898).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Netherlands

Among religious figures born in Netherlands, Menno Simons ranks 2. Before him are Pope Adrian VI (1459). After him are Norbert of Xanten (1080), Lambert of Maastricht (635), John of Leiden (1509), Geert Groote (1340), Wim Hof (1959), Lidwina (1380), Ludger (742), Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857), Johannes Willebrands (1909), and Peter Hans Kolvenbach (1928).

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