RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pierre Robert Olivétan

1505 - 1538

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Pierre Robert Olivetan/Olivétan (c. 1506 – 1538), a Waldensian by faith, was the first translator of the Bible into the French language on the basis of Hebrew and Greek texts, rather than from Latin. He was a cousin of John Calvin, who wrote a Latin preface for the translation, often called the Olivetan Bible. His work was based on that of his teacher Jacques Lefèvre d'Etaples. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Robert Olivétan has received more than 30,870 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Pierre Robert Olivétan is the 1,918th most popular religious figure (down from 1,739th in 2019), the 3,165th most popular biography from France (down from 2,988th in 2019) and the 159th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pierre Robert Olivétan ranks 1,918 out of 3,187. Before him are Gamzat-bek, Juraj Haulik, Gilberto Agustoni, Carlos Osoro Sierra, Julius Darmaatmadja, and Charles Fox Parham. After him are Marian Jaworski, François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, Jehoiada, Bénézet, Stanisława Leszczyńska, and Karl Lehmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1505, Pierre Robert Olivétan ranks 14. Before him are Christine of Saxony, Mikołaj Rej, Christoph Amberger, Lambert Lombard, Nikolaus Federmann, and Vicente Juan Masip. After him are Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha, Solomon Alkabetz, Aegidius Tschudi, and Bahadur Shah of Gujarat. Among people deceased in 1538, Pierre Robert Olivétan ranks 13. Before him are Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, Charles II, Duke of Guelders, Askia Mohammad I, Estêvão Gomes, and Saadet I Giray. After him is Érard de la Marck.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Robert Olivétan ranks 3,165 out of 6,770. Before him are Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544), Ernest Monis (1846), Vincent Voiture (1597), Inès de La Fressange (1957), Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux (1753), and William of Conches (1080). After him are Sebastianus (400), François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis (1715), Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac (1778), Thomas of Britain (1200), Bénézet (1165), and Anne Henriette of Bavaria (1648).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Pierre Robert Olivétan ranks 159. Before him are Lupus of Troyes (395), Jacques Hamel (1930), Jean du Vergier de Hauranne (1581), Peter Chanel (1803), Itta of Metz (592), and Jean du Bellay (1492). After him are François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis (1715), Bénézet (1165), J. F. Oberlin (1740), Peter Julian Eymard (1811), Jacques Marquette (1637), and Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620).

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