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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Rabanus Maurus

780 - 856

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Rabanus Maurus Magnentius (c. 780 – 4 February 856), also known as Hrabanus or Rhabanus, was a Frankish Benedictine monk, theologian, poet, encyclopedist and military writer who became archbishop of Mainz in East Francia. He was the author of the encyclopaedia De rerum naturis ("On the Natures of Things"). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rabanus Maurus has received more than 326,041 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Rabanus Maurus is the 577th most popular religious figure (down from 544th in 2019), the 519th most popular biography from Germany (down from 504th in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Religious Figure.

Rabanus Maurus was a German theologian and scholar who is most famous for his book "De rerum naturis" which translates to "On the Nature of Things."

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Rabanus Maurus ranks 577 out of 2,238Before him are Ibn Majah, Pope Benedict V, Pope Agapetus I, Paul the Deacon, Ibn Hisham, and Anne Catherine Emmerich. After him are Pope Marcellinus, Clotilde, John of Capistrano, Justin Martyr, Pope Victor II, and Saint Walpurga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 780, Rabanus Maurus ranks 5Before him are Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Pope Eugene II, and Pope Valentine. After him are Frederick of Utrecht, Odo I, Count of Orléans, and Theodote. Among people deceased in 856, Rabanus Maurus ranks 1

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rabanus Maurus ranks 519 out of 6,142Before him are Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856), Franz Brentano (1838), Franz Bopp (1791), Albert, Duke of Prussia (1490), Heinrich Mann (1871), and Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774). After him are Richard Willstätter (1872), Robert Ritter von Greim (1892), Anneliese Michel (1952), Karl-Otto Koch (1897), Thomas Bach (1953), and Pope Victor II (1018).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Rabanus Maurus ranks 13Before him are Philip Melanchthon (1497), Pope Clement II (1005), Pope Damasus II (1000), Thomas à Kempis (1380), Bruno of Cologne (1030), and Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774). After him are Pope Victor II (1018), Norbert of Xanten (1080), Margot Frank (1926), Gertrude the Great (1256), Johann Tetzel (1460), and Therese Neumann (1898).