RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Philipp Spener

1635 - 1705

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Philipp Jakob Spener (23 January 1635 – 5 February 1705) was a German Lutheran theologian who essentially founded what became known as Pietism. He was later dubbed the "Father of Pietism". A prolific writer, his two main works, Pia desideria (1675) and Allgemeine Gottesgelehrtheit (1680), were published while he was the chief pastor in the Lutheran Church at Frankfurt. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philipp Spener has received more than 126,173 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Philipp Spener is the 874th most popular religious figure (up from 878th in 2019), the 1,258th most popular biography from France (up from 1,284th in 2019) and the 60th most popular French Religious Figure.

Philipp Spener is most famous for his book Pia Desideria, which discusses the need for a new kind of Christianity.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Philipp Spener ranks 874 out of 3,187. Before him are Mikao Usui, Sai Baba of Shirdi, Tarasios of Constantinople, Hélder Câmara, Dayananda Saraswati, and Columba. After him are Hans Egede, Caesar Baronius, Ebussuud Efendi, Gerard Majella, Bavo of Ghent, and Al-Tabarani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1635, Philipp Spener ranks 8. Before him are Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, Henry Morgan, François l'Olonnais, Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Johann Joachim Becher. After him are Zanabazar, Philippe Quinault, Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy, Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma, and Frans van Mieris the Elder. Among people deceased in 1705, Philipp Spener ranks 9. Before him are Emeric Thököly, Ninon de l'Enclos, Luca Giordano, Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Catherine of Braganza, and John Ray. After him are Madame d'Aulnoy, Pierre Beauchamp, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Guillaume Amontons, Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Bada Shanren.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philipp Spener ranks 1,258 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Alexandre de Calonne (1734), Didier Pironi (1952), Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples (1460), Élisabeth Borne (1961), Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (1393), and Clément Ader (1841). After him are Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817), Jules Chéret (1836), Guy, Count of Flanders (1226), André Masson (1896), Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), and Aimé Jacquet (1941).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Philipp Spener ranks 60. Before him are Robert de Sorbon (1201), Odile of Alsace (662), Antipope Gregory VIII (1100), Arnulf of Metz (582), Jean-Louis Tauran (1943), and Louise de Marillac (1591). After him are Jane Frances de Chantal (1572), William Farel (1489), John Eudes (1601), Adalbert of Magdeburg (910), Sebastian Castellio (1515), and Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517).

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