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Peter Canisius

1521 - 1597

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Peter Canisius (Dutch: Pieter Kanis; 8 May 1521 – 21 December 1597) was a Dutch Jesuit priest known for his strong support for the Catholic faith during the Protestant Reformation in Germany, Austria, Bohemia, Moravia, Switzerland and the British Isles. The restoration of the Catholic Church in Germany is largely attributed to the work there of the Jesuits, which Canisius led. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Canisius has received more than 299,439 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Peter Canisius is the 80th most popular physician (down from 69th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 64th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Physician.

Peter Canisius is most famous for being a Jesuit missionary who worked to bring the Catholic faith to the people of the Netherlands.

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  • 65.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Peter Canisius ranks 80 out of 726. Before him are Jacques Rogge, Selman Waksman, August Krogh, Theodor Morell, Louis Auguste Blanqui, and Elizabeth Blackwell. After him are Albert Sabin, François Duvalier, Albert Szent-Györgyi, Corneille Heymans, Cornelius Jansen, and Charles Nicolle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1521, Peter Canisius ranks 3. Before him are Pope Urban VII, and Takeda Shingen. After him are Christina of Denmark, Maurice, Elector of Saxony, Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu, Andrew Avellino, Xu Wei, Richard Chancellor, Philippe de Monte, Antoine Caron, and Thomas Wyatt the Younger. Among people deceased in 1597, Peter Canisius ranks 4. Before him are Willem Barentsz, Hattori Hanzō, and Maharana Pratap. After him are Paulo Miki, Joseph of Anchieta, Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, Franciscus Patricius, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Edward Kelley, Barbara Blomberg, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Peter Canisius ranks 75 out of 1,646. Before him are William V, Prince of Orange (1748), Dieric Bouts (1415), Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836), Rob Rensenbrink (1947), Dries van Agt (1931), and Dick Advocaat (1947). After him are Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584), Hugo de Vries (1848), Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907), Petrus Christus (1410), Tobias Asser (1838), and Cornelius Jansen (1585).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Netherlands

Among physicians born in Netherlands, Peter Canisius ranks 2. Before him are Christiaan Eijkman (1858). After him are Cornelius Jansen (1585), Nicolaes Tulp (1593), Regnier de Graaf (1641), Johann Weyer (1515), Aletta Jacobs (1854), Frederik Ruysch (1638), Franciscus Donders (1818), Gerard van Swieten (1700), Titus Brandsma (1881), and Petrus Camper (1722).

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