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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 28,712 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Pierre Robert Olivétan is the 1,753rd most popular religious figure (down from 1,606th in 2019), the 2,998th most popular biography from France (down from 2,973rd in 2019) and the 155th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pierre Robert Olivétan ranks 1,753 out of 2,238. Before him are Michael Czerny, Burchard of Worms, Ingrid Vang Nyman, Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo, Georges Cottier, and Joseph the Hymnographer. After him are Hyacinth, Nicola Canali, Josip Bozanić, Engelbert II of Berg, Anthim the Iberian, and Zara Yaqob.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1505, Pierre Robert Olivétan ranks 14. Before him are Mikołaj Rej, Christoph Amberger, Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha, Nikolaus Federmann, Juan de Valdés, and Lambert Lombard. After him are Aegidius Tschudi and Bahadur Shah of Gujarat. Among people deceased in 1538, Pierre Robert Olivétan ranks 11. Before him are Andrea Gritti, Elena Glinskaya, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Askia Mohammad I, and Charles II, Duke of Guelders. After him are Estêvão Gomes and Érard de la Marck.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Robert Olivétan ranks 2,998 out of 6,011. Before him are Claude Cahen (1909), Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825), Valery Larbaud (1881), William IX, Count of Poitiers (1153), Charles-Louis Philippe (1874), and Jacques Delille (1738). After him are Jean Yanne (1933), Edita Piekha (1937), Henri Alekan (1909), Felice Borel (1914), Antoine Brumel (1460), and Claude Balbastre (1724).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Pierre Robert Olivétan ranks 155. Before him are Pierre Pigneau de Behaine (1741), Raël (1946), Richard Simon (1638), John Francis Regis (1597), Bertha of Kent (550), and Peter Chanel (1803). After him are Bernard de Montfaucon (1655), Marie-Joseph Lagrange (1855), Prosper Guéranger (1805), Wolfgang Capito (1478), Peter Julian Eymard (1811), and Flodoard (894).

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