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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Rafael Merry del Val

1865 - 1930

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Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta, (10 October 1865 – 26 February 1930) was a Spanish Catholic bishop, Vatican official, and cardinal. Before becoming a cardinal, he served as the secretary of the papal conclave of 1903 that elected Pope Pius X, who is said to have accepted his election through Merry del Val's encouragement. Pius X later appointed him as the Cardinal Secretary of State. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafael Merry del Val has received more than 140,401 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Rafael Merry del Val is the 1,374th most popular religious figure (down from 1,236th in 2019), the 1,577th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,544th in 2019) and the 40th most popular British Religious Figure.

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  • 18

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  • 6.13

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  • 1.65

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Rafael Merry del Val ranks 1,374 out of 2,238Before him are Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje, Andrew Bobola, Anna Schäffer, Mamertus, Parshvanatha, and An Shigao. After him are Theodosius of Kiev, Hermann Gmeiner, Zakir Naik, Carpocrates, George Müller, and Pelagio Galvani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Rafael Merry del Val ranks 60Before him are Duchess Amalie in Bavaria, Abraham Isaac Kook, Anandi Gopal Joshi, Jovan Cvijić, Bronisława Dłuska, and Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are Princess Olga Paley, Hannah Chaplin, Friedrich Paschen, Eugene Botkin, Hantaro Nagaoka, and Prince Kan'in Kotohito. Among people deceased in 1930, Rafael Merry del Val ranks 43Before him are Waldemar Haffkine, José Carlos Mariátegui, Theodor Nöldeke, Adolf Engler, Eduard Meyer, and Emil Krebs. After him are Riccardo Drigo, Frank P. Ramsey, Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera, Alois Jirásek, Carl Panzram, and Eric Lemming.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rafael Merry del Val ranks 1,577 out of 7,765Before him are William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708), John Barbirolli (1899), Oliver Hart (1948), Maurice Wilkes (1913), Rupert Sheldrake (1942), and Mary Ann Cotton (1832). After him are Roger Hunt (1938), Eric Knight (1897), George Smith (1840), Kate Moss (1974), Sam Worthington (1976), and James Edward Smith (1759).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Rafael Merry del Val ranks 40Before him are Gildas (500), Simon Stock (1164), John Ball (1338), Reginald Lee (1870), Oswald of Northumbria (604), and John Smyth (1570). After him are John Nelson Darby (1800), Roger Deakins (1949), Dunstan (909), Julian of Norwich (1342), Stephen Langton (1150), and Joseph Butler (1692).