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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Urbain Grandier

1590 - 1634

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Urbain Grandier (1590 – 18 August 1634) was a French Catholic priest who was burned at the stake after being convicted of witchcraft, following the events of the so-called "Loudun possessions". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Urbain Grandier has received more than 462,564 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Urbain Grandier is the 1,251st most popular religious figure (down from 1,146th in 2019), the 2,022nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,931st in 2019) and the 103rd most popular French Religious Figure.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.59

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  • 2.08

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Urbain Grandier ranks 1,251 out of 2,238. Before him are Hyacinth of Poland, Frederick of Utrecht, Oda Nobutada, Bérenger Saunière, Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri, and Saleh Al-Fawzan. After him are Luis Ladaria Ferrer, Abbo of Fleury, Kevin Farrell, Aldegonde, Hegesippus, and Severus of Antioch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1590, Urbain Grandier ranks 10. Before him are Mahfiruz Hatun, Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Simon Vouet, Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw, Gioachino Greco, and Yamada Nagamasa. After him are Théophile de Viau, Jacob van Eyck, and William Bradford. Among people deceased in 1634, Urbain Grandier ranks 5. Before him are Albrecht von Wallenstein, Hendrick Avercamp, Maria Celeste, and Adriano Banchieri. After him are John Webster, Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, António de Andrade, John Albert Vasa, Johann von Aldringen, Edward Coke, and Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst.

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In France

Among people born in France, Urbain Grandier ranks 2,022 out of 6,011. Before him are Olivier Giroud (1986), Blanche of Artois (1248), Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle (1712), Bérenger Saunière (1852), Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734), and Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti (1695). After him are Eugène Carrière (1849), Pierre Charron (1541), Abbo of Fleury (945), Jacques Lemercier (1585), Thomas Merton (1915), and Aldegonde (639).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Urbain Grandier ranks 103. Before him are Charles de Bourbon (1523), Peter the Venerable (1092), Jean-Marie Villot (1905), Pierre de Castelnau (1170), Benedict Joseph Labre (1748), and Bérenger Saunière (1852). After him are Abbo of Fleury (945), Aldegonde (639), Hugh of Châteauneuf (1053), Jean Calas (1698), Germanus of Auxerre (378), and Maurice de Sully (1110).

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