RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Roberto de Nobili

1577 - 1656

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Roberto de Nobili (1577 – 16 January 1656) was an Italian priest, a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), who worked as a missionary in Southern India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roberto de Nobili has received more than 151,314 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Roberto de Nobili is the 2,624th most popular religious figure (down from 2,254th in 2019), the 614th most popular biography from India (down from 491st in 2019) and the 47th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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  • 2.81

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Roberto de Nobili ranks 2,624 out of 3,187Before him are Ulf Ekman, Luigi De Magistris, Pope Timothy II of Alexandria, Hugh O'Flaherty, Georg Sterzinsky, and Samson of Dol. After him are Flavian I of Antioch, Ignaty Krachkovsky, Mario Delpini, Hilda of Whitby, John Onaiyekan, and Seaxburh of Ely.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1577, Roberto de Nobili ranks 19Before him are Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jacob Cats, Mario Minniti, Robert Burton, Gerardus Vossius, and Nicolas Trigault.  Among people deceased in 1656, Roberto de Nobili ranks 17Before him are Thomas Fincke, Laurent de La Hyre, Massimo Stanzione, Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Carlo Contarini, and Francesco Cornaro. After him are Georg Calixtus, and Thomas Tomkins.

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In India

Among people born in India, Roberto de Nobili ranks 614 out of 1,861Before him are Randhir Kapoor (1947), Zakir Hussain (1951), Aruna Irani (1946), Sachin Tendulkar (1973), Purushottam Das Tandon (1882), and Qurratulain Hyder (1927). After him are Arati Saha (1940), Karamchand Gandhi (1822), Rani Mukerji (1978), Mary Boyce (1920), Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1890), and Kedarnath Singh (1934).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Roberto de Nobili ranks 47Before him are Ivan Dias (1936), Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889), Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805), Saint Alphonsa (1910), Mohan Bhagwat (1950), and Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (1924). After him are Oswald Gracias (1944), Nirmala Joshi (1934), Joseph Coutts (1945), Mirza Tahir Ahmad (1928), Chandramukhi Basu (1860), and Wahiduddin Khan (1925).