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Antonio Possevino

1533 - 1611

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Antonio Possevino (Latin: Antonius Possevinus; 10 July 1533 – 26 February 1611) was a Jesuit protagonist of Counter Reformation as a papal diplomat and a Jesuit controversialist, polemicist, encyclopedist, and bibliographer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antonio Possevino is the 7,688th most popular politician (up from 7,786th in 2019), the 1,978th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,045th in 2019) and the 499th most popular Italian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Antonio Possevino ranks 7,688 out of 19,576. Before him are Margaret of Navarre, Mikuláš Dzurinda, Mwai Kibaki, Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Histiaeus, and Olof Björnsson. After him are Marwan Barghouti, Wilhelm Kube, Shahu I, Ron Johnson, Salitis, and Polina Zhemchuzhina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1533, Antonio Possevino ranks 17. Before him are Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Abdullah Khan II, Mōri Terumoto, Claudio Merulo, Hieronymus Fabricius, and Alonso de Ercilla. After him are Joachim Beuckelaer, Cornelis Cort, Eknath, Anna van Egmont, Ōmura Sumitada, and Asakura Yoshikage. Among people deceased in 1611, Antonio Possevino ranks 9. Before him are Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain, Henry Hudson, Eleanor de' Medici, Katō Kiyomasa, Bartholomeus Spranger, and Charles, Duke of Mayenne. After him are Christian II, Elector of Saxony, Sanada Masayuki, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Kuyucu Murad Pasha, Princess Sophia of Sweden, and Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Antonio Possevino ranks 1,978 out of 5,161. Before him are Archestratus (-350), Marisa Pavan (1932), Eleonora Giorgi (1953), Contessina de' Bardi (1390), Maria Celeste (1600), and Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este (1776). After him are Luigi Musso (1924), Giuseppe Mercalli (1850), Viridis Visconti (1352), Giambattista Benedetti (1530), Alvise Vivarini (1445), and Francesco Botticini (1446).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Antonio Possevino ranks 499. Before him are Marcus Antonius Antyllus (-46), Emilio Colombo (1920), John II, Marquis of Montferrat (1321), Carlo Sforza (1872), Agostino Depretis (1813), and Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este (1776). After him are Manius Valerius Maximus Corvinus Messalla (-300), Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria (1939), Democedes (-600), Gnaeus Manlius Vulso (-300), Ferrante Gonzaga (1507), and Gaius Nymphidius Sabinus (100).

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