RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Peter Fourier

1565 - 1640

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Peter Fourier (French: Pierre Fourier, pronounced [fuʁje]; 30 November 1565 – 9 December 1640) was a French canon regular who is honored as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Foregoing offers of high office, he served for many years as a pastor in the village of Mattaincourt in the Vosges. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Fourier has received more than 32,003 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Peter Fourier is the 1,740th most popular religious figure (up from 1,936th in 2019), the 2,911th most popular biography from France (up from 3,290th in 2019) and the 146th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Peter Fourier ranks 1,740 out of 3,187Before him are Franz König, Maximilian of Tebessa, Yijing, Alphaeus, Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans, and Macarius of Jerusalem. After him are Juraj Križanić, Uthman ibn Maz'un, Evodius, Zdislava Berka, Rahotep, and Francis Hong Yong-ho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1565, Peter Fourier ranks 12Before him are Francesc Ribalta, Reza Abbasi, Luís Vaz de Torres, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Ketevan the Martyr, and Hendrick de Keyser. After him are Jacob de Gheyn II, Alessandro Tassoni, Nicolò Longobardo, Edward Fortunatus, and Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah. Among people deceased in 1640, Peter Fourier ranks 15Before him are Vittoria Aleotti, Wilhelm Kettler, Alessandro Salvio, Charles, Duke of Guise, Jeanne de Lestonnac, and Mario Minniti. After him are Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Robert Burton, Paul Fleming, John Francis Regis, Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz, and Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom.

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In France

Among people born in France, Peter Fourier ranks 2,911 out of 6,770Before him are Lupus Servatus (805), Djibril Cissé (1981), Henri Pélissier (1889), Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans (1698), Jean-François Raffaëlli (1850), and Dany Boon (1966). After him are Roussel de Bailleul (1100), Nicolas de Grigny (1672), Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (1320), Marie Alfred Cornu (1841), François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti (1558), and Othon Friesz (1879).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Peter Fourier ranks 146Before him are Gershom ben Judah (960), Fernando Ocáriz Braña (1944), Marie of the Incarnation (1566), Alberic of Cîteaux (1001), Colette of Corbie (1381), and Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans (1698). After him are Bertha of Kent (550), Pierre Pigneau de Behaine (1741), Albert Vanhoye (1923), André Vingt-Trois (1942), Audomar (600), and Émilie de Villeneuve (1811).