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Walter of Châtillon

1135 - 1201

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Walter of Châtillon (Latinized as Gualterus de Castellione) was a 12th-century French writer and theologian who wrote in the Latin language. He studied under Stephen of Beauvais and at the University of Paris. It was probably during his student years that he wrote a number of Latin poems in the Goliardic manner that found their way into the Carmina Burana collection. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter of Châtillon has received more than 49,170 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter of Châtillon is the 2,494th most popular writer (down from 2,180th in 2019), the 2,748th most popular biography from France (down from 2,424th in 2019) and the 349th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Walter of Châtillon ranks 2,494 out of 7,302. Before him are Sextus Pompeius Festus, Ursula Kuczynski, Yuan Mei, Valery Larbaud, Karin Fossum, and Stefan Heym. After him are Michael Bishop, Dag Solstad, Antigonus of Carystus, Maria Gripe, Giovanni de' Bardi, and Carlos Marighella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1135, Walter of Châtillon ranks 8. Before him are Joachim of Fiore, Léonin, Bernart de Ventadorn, Joscelin III, Count of Edessa, Inge I of Norway, and Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī. After him are Judith of Thuringia, Herman IV, Margrave of Baden, William of the White Hands, and William I, Count of Boulogne. Among people deceased in 1201, Walter of Châtillon ranks 11. Before him are Igor Svyatoslavich, Bohemond III of Antioch, Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani, Constance, Duchess of Brittany, Bolesław I the Tall, and Irene Komnene Doukaina. After him are Elena Asenina of Bulgaria, and Gerald of Wales.

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In France

Among people born in France, Walter of Châtillon ranks 2,748 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Émile Chabas (1869), Fernando Ocáriz Braña (1944), Charles Devendeville (1882), Valery Larbaud (1881), Adémar de Chabannes (989), and Marcel Camus (1912). After him are Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao (1796), Jenny Longuet (1844), Antoine François Marmontel (1816), Antoine Forqueray (1671), Roger Walkowiak (1927), and Louis-François-Clement Breguet (1804).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Walter of Châtillon ranks 349. Before him are Claude Farrère (1876), Jean-Baptiste Dubos (1670), Léon Werth (1878), Ludovic Halévy (1834), Sextus Pompeius Festus (150), and Valery Larbaud (1881). After him are Gustave Aimard (1818), René Crevel (1900), Bernard Werber (1961), André Pieyre de Mandiargues (1909), Catulle Mendès (1841), and Hilaire Belloc (1870).

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