RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Angelo Mai

1782 - 1854

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Angelo Mai (Latin Angelus Maius; 7 March 1782 – 8 September 1854) was an Italian Cardinal and philologist. He won a European reputation for publishing for the first time a series of previously unknown ancient texts. These he was able to discover and publish, first while in charge of the Ambrosian Library in Milan and then in the same role at the Vatican Library. The texts were often in parchment manuscripts that had been washed off and reused; he was able to read the lower text using chemicals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Angelo Mai is the 2,699th most popular religious figure (down from 2,427th in 2024), the 3,505th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,338th in 2019) and the 530th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Angelo Mai ranks 2,699 out of 3,187. Before him are Amenirdis II, Milman Parry, Pope Markianos of Alexandria, Polycarpus I of Byzantium, John Colet, and Anselmo Lorenzo. After him are Ratramnus, Cyril of Bulgaria, Mara Takla Haymanot, Roberto de Nobili, Cornelius Sim, and Jose Advincula.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1782, Angelo Mai ranks 44. Before him are Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer, Julius Vincenz von Krombholz, Marie-Anne Libert, Georgios Kountouriotis, Maha Bandula, and Steen Steensen Blicher. After him are Nicolaus Michael Oppel, Lewis Cass, Charles James Napier, John Sell Cotman, and Thomas Hart Benton. Among people deceased in 1854, Angelo Mai ranks 55. Before him are Carl Joseph Begas, Friedrich Eduard Beneke, Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui, William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, and Karl Ludwig von Haller. After him are José Joaquín Prieto, Frederick Catherwood, Pedro María de Anaya, Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland, Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov, and Josipina Turnograjska.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Angelo Mai ranks 3,506 out of 5,161. Before him are Claudia Muzio (1889), Franco Faggi (1926), Siegfried Stohr (1952), Carlo Verdone (1950), Cecco Angiolieri (1260), and Aldo Serena (1960). After him are Angelo de Gubernatis (1840), Tommaso Salvadori (1835), Consalvo Sanesi (1911), Massimo Pallottino (1909), Giorgio Francia (1947), and Vincenzo Monti (1754).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Angelo Mai ranks 530. Before him are Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna (1850), Roberto Tucci (1921), Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano (1872), Luigi Jacobini (1832), Giorgio Marengo (1974), and Niccolò Albergati (null). After him are Angelo Maria Querini (1680), Nicola Saggio (1650), Luigi De Magistris (1926), Pino Puglisi (1937), Giacomo Capuzzi (1929), and Giuseppe Merisi (1938).

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