RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Alessandro Valignano

1539 - 1606

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Alessandro Valignano, S.J., sometimes Valignani (Chinese: 范禮安 Fàn Lǐ’ān; February 1539 – January 20, 1606), was an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary born in Chieti, part of the Kingdom of Naples, who helped supervise the introduction of Catholicism to the Far East, and especially to Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Alessandro Valignano is the 905th most popular religious figure (down from 856th in 2024), the 1,200th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,203rd in 2019) and the 297th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Alessandro Valignano ranks 905 out of 3,187. Before him are Michael Michai Kitbunchu, Bruno of Querfurt, Jorge Medina, Antipope Nicholas V, Hemma of Gurk, and Bavo of Ghent. After him are Columba, Fatimah bint Asad, Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, Giuseppe Bertello, Theodore Stratelates, and Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1539, Alessandro Valignano ranks 1. After him are Federico Zuccari, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Fausto Sozzini, Archduchess Barbara of Austria, Catherine Vasa of Sweden, Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine, Louis VI, Elector Palatine, Giovanni Andrea Doria, Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Chōsokabe Motochika. Among people deceased in 1606, Alessandro Valignano ranks 6. Before him are Guy Fawkes, False Dmitry I, Karel van Mander, Justus Lipsius, and Guru Arjan. After him are Stephen Bocskai, Giovanni Andrea Doria, Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Boşnak Derviş Mehmed Pasha, Turibius of Mogrovejo, and Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Valignano ranks 1,200 out of 5,161. Before him are Antipope Nicholas V (1260), Gaius Claudius Glaber (-200), Philip I, Prince of Taranto (1278), Erasmo of Narni (1370), Giovanni Segantini (1858), and Persius (34). After him are Rafael Bombelli (1526), Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria (1777), Tina Modotti (1896), Tigellinus (10), Elisabetta Sirani (1638), and Pietro Longhi (1701).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Alessandro Valignano ranks 297. Before him are Peter of Verona (1206), Carlo Maria Martini (1927), Saint Maurus (512), Caesar Baronius (1538), Agostino Casaroli (1914), and Antipope Nicholas V (1260). After him are Giuseppe Bertello (1942), Anthony Maria Zaccaria (1502), Giuseppe Moscati (1880), Peter Chrysologus (380), Angela of Foligno (1248), and Raniero Cantalamessa (1934).

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