RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Angelus Silesius

1624 - 1677

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Angelus Silesius, OFM (c. 1624 – 9 July 1677), born Johann Scheffler, was a German Catholic priest, physician, mystic and religious poet. Born and raised a Lutheran, he began to read the works of medieval mystics while studying in the Netherlands and became acquainted with the works of the German mystic Jacob Böhme through Böhme's friend Abraham von Franckenberg. Silesius's display of his mystic beliefs caused tension with Lutheran authorities and led to his eventual conversion to Catholicism in 1653, wherein he adopted the name Angelus (Latin for "angel" or "heavenly messenger") and the epithet Silesius ("Silesian"). He entered the Franciscans and was ordained a priest in 1661. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Angelus Silesius is the 677th most popular religious figure (down from 648th in 2019), the 134th most popular biography from Poland (down from 132nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Polish Religious Figure.

Angelus Silesius is most famous for his poem "The Cherubinic Wanderer."

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Angelus Silesius ranks 677 out of 3,187. Before him are Mahākāśyapa, Flavian of Constantinople, Lydia of Thyatira, Jael, Richard Williamson, and Peter Waldo. After him are Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, Pontius Pilate's wife, John of God, Huineng, Abu Dhar al-Ghifari, and Qasim ibn Muhammad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1624, Angelus Silesius ranks 2. Before him is Koxinga. After him are Empress Meishō, Guarino Guarini, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, George Fox, Maria Miloslavskaya, François de la Chaise, Murad Bakhsh, Arnold Geulincx, Thomas Sydenham, and Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours. Among people deceased in 1677, Angelus Silesius ranks 3. Before him are Baruch Spinoza, and Jan van Riebeeck. After him are Isaac Barrow, Barbara Strozzi, Wenceslaus Hollar, Antonio Maria Abbatini, Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Henry Oldenburg, William Louis, Duke of Württemberg, Aert van der Neer, and William, Margrave of Baden-Baden.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Angelus Silesius ranks 134 out of 1,694. Before him are Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427), Kurt Daluege (1897), Alexandre Colonna-Walewski (1810), Władysław Gomułka (1905), Zdzisław Beksiński (1929), and Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1755). After him are Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (1899), Adolf Anderssen (1818), Alfred Tarski (1901), Albert Sabin (1906), Olga Tokarczuk (1962), and Edward Sapir (1884).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, Angelus Silesius ranks 6. Before him are Pope John Paul II (1920), Faustina Kowalska (1905), Maximilian Kolbe (1894), Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906), and Saint Casimir (1458). After him are Stanislaus of Szczepanów (1030), Stanisław Dziwisz (1939), Stefan Wyszyński (1901), Stanislaus Kostka (1550), Itzhak Stern (1901), and Stanisław Ryłko (1945).

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