RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Wolfgang Capito

1478 - 1541

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Wolfgang Fabricius Capito (also Koepfel) (c. 1478 – November 1541) was a German Protestant reformer in the Calvinist tradition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolfgang Capito has received more than 57,518 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Wolfgang Capito is the 2,027th most popular religious figure (down from 1,813th in 2019), the 3,361st most popular biography from France (down from 3,096th in 2019) and the 175th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Wolfgang Capito ranks 2,027 out of 3,187Before him are Balthasar Bekker, Eugenios Voulgaris, Kelvin Felix, Melchior Hoffman, Amalberga of Maubeuge, and Stanislaus Hosius. After him are Maximus V of Constantinople, Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, Dominic of Silos, Alexius of Constantinople, Lucian Pulvermacher, and Clemente Micara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1478, Wolfgang Capito ranks 18Before him are Sancha of Aragon, Barbara Jagiellon, Surdas, Gian Giorgio Trissino, Louis V, Elector Palatine, and Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés. After him are Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, Konrad Pellikan, and Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón. Among people deceased in 1541, Wolfgang Capito ranks 16Before him are Jean Clouet, Bernard van Orley, Andreas Karlstadt, Fernando de Rojas, Thomas Culpeper, and Juan de Valdés.

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In France

Among people born in France, Wolfgang Capito ranks 3,361 out of 6,770Before him are Jules Barbier (1825), André Marie (1897), Émile Fayolle (1852), Antoine Caron (1521), Bernard Desclot (1201), and Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1877). After him are Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton (1716), Henri-Montan Berton (1767), Violette Szabo (1921), Jean Domat (1625), Frédéric Beigbeder (1965), and Henri-Alexandre Deslandres (1853).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Wolfgang Capito ranks 175Before him are Érard de la Marck (1472), Louis Antoine de Noailles (1651), Marie-Joseph Lagrange (1855), Jeanne Jugan (1792), John Francis Regis (1597), and Amalberga of Maubeuge (601). After him are Louis Billot (1846), Julie Billiart (1751), Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange (1877), Albinus of Angers (470), Pasquier Quesnel (1634), and Alfred Des Cloizeaux (1817).