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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pierre Pigneau de Behaine

1741 - 1799

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Pierre Joseph Georges Pigneau (2 November 1741 – 9 October 1799), commonly known as Pigneau de Béhaine (French: [piɲo də be.ɛn]), also Pierre Pigneaux, Bá Đa Lộc ("Pedro" 百多祿), Bách Đa Lộc (伯多祿) and Bi Nhu ("Pigneau" 悲柔), was a French Roman Catholic bishop best known for his role in assisting Nguyễn Ánh (later Emperor Gia Long) to establish the Nguyễn dynasty in Vietnam after the Tây Sơn rebellion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Pigneau de Behaine has received more than 58,620 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Pigneau de Behaine is the 1,711th most popular religious figure (down from 1,586th in 2019), the 2,927th most popular biography from France (up from 2,938th in 2019) and the 149th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine ranks 1,711 out of 2,238Before him are Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Kassapa Buddha, Gregory III of Constantinople, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Peter Hans Kolvenbach, and Diogenes of Byzantium. After him are Huldah, Blind man of Bethsaida, Teresa of the Andes, Raël, Horus Sa, and Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine ranks 19Before him are Andrea Luchesi, Benedict Arnold, Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Augustin Barruel, and Arthur Young. After him are Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Ivan Gudovich, José Cadalso, William Withering, Franciszek Karpiński, and Aagje Deken. Among people deceased in 1799, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine ranks 22Before him are Jan Ingenhousz, Jean-Charles de Borda, Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, Jean-François Marmontel, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, and Patrick Henry. After him are Claude Balbastre, Marcus Elieser Bloch, Pierre Charles Le Monnier, William Curtis, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, and Johann Hedwig.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine ranks 2,927 out of 6,011Before him are Pierre Benoit (1886), Henri Maspero (1883), Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Duval (1808), Eustace III, Count of Boulogne (1060), Jean Pierre Flourens (1794), and Léon Gaumont (1864). After him are Jacques Babinet (1794), Michael Baius (1513), Pierre Attaingnant (1494), Henri Mathias Berthelot (1861), Étienne Pivert de Senancour (1770), and Louise Farrenc (1804).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine ranks 149Before him are Saint Faith (290), Itta of Metz (592), Eugène de Mazenod (1782), Peter Bartholomew (1100), Lupus of Troyes (395), and Eucherius of Lyon (380). After him are Raël (1946), Richard Simon (1638), John Francis Regis (1597), Bertha of Kent (550), Peter Chanel (1803), and Pierre Robert Olivétan (1505).