RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Alessandro Albani

1692 - 1779

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Alessandro Albani (15 October 1692 – 11 December 1779) was a Roman Catholic cardinal remembered as a leading collector of antiquities, dealer and art patron in Rome. He supported the art historian, Johann Joachim Winckelmann and commissioned paintings from Anton Raphael Mengs. As a cardinal (from 1721) he furthered the interests of the governments of Austria, Savoy and Britain against those of France and Spain; he was a noted jurist and papal administrator in his earlier career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alessandro Albani is the 1,940th most popular religious figure (down from 1,819th in 2019), the 2,545th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,600th in 2019) and the 448th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Alessandro Albani ranks 1,940 out of 3,187. Before him are Chromatius, Érard de la Marck, Carlo Caffarra, Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg, Tlacaelel, and Moses Isserles. After him are Swaminarayan, Simon Kimbangu, Francesco Coccopalmerio, Babylas of Antioch, Fadl ibn Abbas, and Hans Hermann Groër.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1692, Alessandro Albani ranks 9. Before him are Pieter van Musschenbroek, Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria, Louisa Maria Stuart, Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, Adrienne Lecouvreur, and Frederick William, Duke of Courland. After him are Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, James Stirling, Joseph Butler, Dolly Pentreath, and Filippo Randazzo. Among people deceased in 1779, Alessandro Albani ranks 14. Before him are Casimir Pulaski, David Garrick, William Boyce, Tommaso Traetta, Louis de Jaucourt, and Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf. After him are Pehr Kalm, Claude Bourgelat, Mohammad Ali Khan Zand, Johannes Burman, Kosmas the Aetolian, and Abol-Fath Khan Zand.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Albani ranks 2,545 out of 5,161. Before him are Ugo Locatelli (1916), Carlo Caffarra (1938), Adriano Panatta (1950), Bartolomeo Tromboncino (1470), Sergio Bertoni (1915), and Taddea Visconti (1351). After him are Giuseppe Colombo (1920), Annius of Viterbo (1437), Giancarlo Baghetti (1934), Enrico Toselli (1883), Bernardo Dovizi (1470), and George P. Cosmatos (1941).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Alessandro Albani ranks 448. Before him are Antonio Bacci (1885), Dagobert of Pisa (1100), Crescenzio Sepe (1943), Sergio Sebastiani (1931), Chromatius (335), and Carlo Caffarra (1938). After him are Lawrence Justinian (1381), Corrado Bafile (1903), Virgilio Noè (1922), John Leonardi (1541), Juliana Falconieri (1270), and Enrico Dante (1884).

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