RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Paolo Giovio

1483 - 1552

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Paolo Giovio (also spelled Paulo Jovio; Latin: Paulus Jovius; 19 April 1483 – 11 December 1552) was an Italian physician, historian, biographer, and prelate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paolo Giovio has received more than 94,323 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Paolo Giovio is the 938th most popular religious figure (down from 921st in 2019), the 1,357th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,308th in 2019) and the 300th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Paolo Giovio ranks 938 out of 3,187Before him are Ibn Babawayh, William Miller, Lucifer of Cagliari, Antipope Innocent III, Wasil ibn Ata, and Odilo of Cluny. After him are Catherine of Vadstena, John Harvard, Nicholas Kabasilas, Ahmad al-Badawi, Rose Kennedy, and Leonardo Boff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1483, Paolo Giovio ranks 7Before him are Martin Luther, Raphael, Babur, Francesco Guicciardini, Ayas Mehmed Pasha, and Francisco de Vitoria. After him are Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Felice della Rovere, Gasparo Contarini, Jaime, Duke of Braganza, Simon Bening, and Nicolaus von Amsdorf. Among people deceased in 1552, Paolo Giovio ranks 6Before him are Francis Xavier, Katharina von Bora, Sebastian Münster, Basil Fool for Christ, and Petrus Apianus. After him are Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Olaus Petri, Guru Angad, Andreas Osiander, Antonio de Mendoza, and Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Paolo Giovio ranks 1,357 out of 5,161Before him are Sabrina Salerno (1968), Ludovico Manin (1725), Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (1467), Paolo Ruffini (1765), Vittorio Alfieri (1749), and Vittorio Storaro (1940). After him are Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (-49), Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727), Carlo Gambino (1902), Liliana Cavani (1933), Alfredo Ferrari (1932), and Battista Farina (1893).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Paolo Giovio ranks 300Before him are Ascanio Sforza (1455), Antipope Felix II (300), Gerolamo Emiliani (1486), Paula of Rome (347), Lucifer of Cagliari (201), and Antipope Innocent III (1150). After him are Saint Silvia (515), Arnold of Brescia (1100), Angelo Scola (1941), Arsenius the Great (354), Antipope Honorius II (1010), and Saint Sabina (100).