RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Scipione Borghese

1577 - 1633

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Scipione Borghese (Italian pronunciation: [ʃiˈpjoːne borˈɡeːze; -eːse]; 1 September 1577 – 2 October 1633) was an Italian cardinal, art collector and patron of the arts. A member of the Borghese family, he was the patron of the painter Caravaggio and the artist Bernini. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Scipione Borghese has received more than 221,509 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Scipione Borghese is the 883rd most popular religious figure (up from 968th in 2019), the 1,253rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,401st in 2019) and the 292nd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Scipione Borghese ranks 883 out of 3,187Before him are Ebussuud Efendi, Gerard Majella, Bavo of Ghent, Al-Tabarani, Angela of Foligno, and Ahmad al-Rifaʽi. After him are Mary of Bethany, Killing of Peter Fechter, Juan Diego, Maria Cristina of Savoy, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and Mammes of Caesarea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1577, Scipione Borghese ranks 6Before him are Peter Paul Rubens, Christian IV of Denmark, Beatrice Cenci, Nur Jahan, and François Leclerc du Tremblay. After him are Cristofano Allori, Paul Guldin, Dmitry Pozharsky, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, and Kobayakawa Hideaki. Among people deceased in 1633, Scipione Borghese ranks 4Before him are Jacopo Peri, Isabella Clara Eugenia, and Cornelis Drebbel. After him are Pieter Lastman, Patriarch Filaret of Moscow, Xu Guangqi, Catherine of Cleves, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Lew Sapieha, Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and George Herbert.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Scipione Borghese ranks 1,253 out of 5,161Before him are Mario Beccaria (1920), Antipope Eulalius (310), Angela of Foligno (1248), Marco Bellocchio (1939), Francesco Foscari (1373), and Bartholomew Columbus (1460). After him are Sebastiano Venier (1496), Andrea Solari (1460), Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439), Maria Cristina of Savoy (1812), Baldassare Longhena (1596), and Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus (-600).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Scipione Borghese ranks 292Before him are Alessandro Valignano (1539), Antipope John XVI (1000), Peter of Verona (1206), Lawrence of Brindisi (1559), Caesar Baronius (1538), and Angela of Foligno (1248). After him are Maria Cristina of Savoy (1812), Ascanio Sforza (1455), Antipope Felix II (300), Gerolamo Emiliani (1486), Paula of Rome (347), and Lucifer of Cagliari (201).