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August Hlond

1881 - 1948

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August Hlond, SDB (5 July 1881 – 22 October 1948) was a Polish Salesian prelate who served as Archbishop of Poznań and Gniezno and as Primate of Poland. He was later appointed Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw and was made a cardinal of the Catholic Church by Pope Pius XI in 1927. He was the only member of the College of Cardinals to be arrested and taken into custody by the Gestapo during World War II. For the final years of his life, he was a critic of the Soviet-backed communist regime in Poland. His cause of beatification commenced in 1992, and he was granted the title Servant of God. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. August Hlond is the 2,095th most popular religious figure (up from 2,213th in 2019), the 672nd most popular biography from Poland (up from 787th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Polish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, August Hlond ranks 2,095 out of 3,187. Before him are Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert, Eduardo Francisco Pironio, Paul Cremona, Berthold, Carlos Aguiar Retes, and Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo. After him are Shelah, Maria Restituta Kafka, Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro, Alypius the Stylite, Anastasia, and Edward Clancy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, August Hlond ranks 118. Before him are Yakov Protazanov, Ber Borochov, Albert Austin, Nuri Killigil, Felix von Luckner, and Giuseppe Amisani. After him are Madge Syers, Vlas Chubar, Harry Hillman, Jānis Balodis, Ludwig Kaas, and Matrona Nikonova. Among people deceased in 1948, August Hlond ranks 100. Before him are Princess Marie Louise of Hanover, Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria, Georgios Tsolakoglou, Hasan Salama, Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey, and Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein. After him are Giulio Gaudini, Charles Evans Hughes, Vicente Huidobro, Karl Valentin, Henning Jakob Henrik Lund, and Monteiro Lobato.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, August Hlond ranks 672 out of 1,694. Before him are Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz (1852), Hermann Boehm (1884), Marcin Bielski (1495), George I, Duke of Pomerania (1493), Eugen Goldstein (1860), and Bronisława Wajs (1908). After him are Hilary Koprowski (1916), Heinrich Graetz (1817), Richard Herrmann (1923), Henryk Jabłoński (1909), Henner Henkel (1915), and Zeev Sternhell (1935).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, August Hlond ranks 31. Before him are Moses Isserles (1520), Kazimierz Nycz (1950), Stanislaus Hosius (1504), Jan Sarkander (1576), Jan Łaski (1499), and Józef Glemp (1929). After him are Wincenty Kadłubek (1150), Zenon Grocholewski (1939), Aleksander Kakowski (1862), Dorothea of Montau (1347), Bernhard Lichtenberg (1875), and Hypatius Pociej (1541).

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