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Petrus Comestor

1100 - 1179

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Petrus Comestor, also called Pierre le Mangeur (died 22 October 1178), was a twelfth-century French theological writer and university teacher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petrus Comestor has received more than 44,067 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Petrus Comestor is the 2,486th most popular writer (down from 2,448th in 2019), the 2,702nd most popular biography from France (down from 2,567th in 2019) and the 342nd most popular French Writer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.58

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Petrus Comestor ranks 2,486 out of 5,755Before him are Richard Wright, Isaac Deutscher, Ignacy Krasicki, Ariwara no Narihira, Cyprian Norwid, and Branislaw Tarashkyevich. After him are André Frossard, John Zerzan, Juan de Valdés, Posidippus, Benoît de Sainte-Maure, and Jonas Jonasson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1100, Petrus Comestor ranks 60Before him are Svatopluk, Duke of Bohemia, Mihailo Vojislavljević, Roussel de Bailleul, Shawar, Vitale Faliero, and Herman of Carinthia. After him are Leo I, Prince of Armenia, Dagobert of Pisa, Tatikios, Vitale I Michiel, Gregory Pakourianos, and Peter Bartholomew. Among people deceased in 1179, Petrus Comestor ranks 3Before him are Hildegard of Bingen and Odo de St Amand. After him are Antipope Callixtus III, Sancha of Castile, Queen of Navarre, and Erling Skakke.

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In France

Among people born in France, Petrus Comestor ranks 2,702 out of 6,011Before him are Philippe de Mornay (1549), Lucien Muller (1934), Nicolas Froment (1430), Jean-Pierre Raffarin (1948), Alain Aspect (1947), and Georges Cadoudal (1771). After him are André Frossard (1915), Thomas, Count of Flanders (1199), Jean de Roquetaillade (1310), Benoît de Sainte-Maure (1154), François Isaac de Rivaz (1752), and André Messager (1853).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Petrus Comestor ranks 342Before him are Anne Golon (1921), Jean Astruc (1684), Champfleury (1821), Savitri Devi (1905), Sextus Pompeius Festus (150), and Philippe de Mornay (1549). After him are André Frossard (1915), Benoît de Sainte-Maure (1154), Renaud Camus (1946), André Salmon (1881), Jean Lorrain (1855), and Oscar Cullmann (1902).