RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Benedict Joseph Labre

1748 - 1783

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Benedict Joseph Labre, TOSF (French: Benoît-Joseph Labre, 26 March 1748 – 16 April 1783) was a French Franciscan tertiary, and Catholic saint. Labre was from a well-to-do family near Arras, France. After attempting a monastic lifestyle, he opted instead for the life of a pilgrim. He traveled to most of the major shrines of Europe, subsisting by begging. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benedict Joseph Labre is the 1,283rd most popular religious figure (up from 1,368th in 2019), the 1,891st most popular biography from France (up from 2,249th in 2019) and the 96th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Benedict Joseph Labre ranks 1,283 out of 3,187. Before him are Nikolaj Velimirović, Saint Sabina, Agostino Vallini, Ilon Wikland, Meletius of Antioch, and Loris Francesco Capovilla. After him are Jozef De Kesel, Julia Pastrana, Eugenia of Rome, Estanislao Esteban Karlic, Ahmad al-Badawi, and Tola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1748, Benedict Joseph Labre ranks 17. Before him are William V, Prince of Orange, Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Adamantios Korais, Anders Sparrman, Christian Gottlob Neefe, and Timur Shah Durrani. After him are John Marshall, Petar I Petrović-Njegoš, Dominique, comte de Cassini, Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, Asaf-ud-Daula, and William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire. Among people deceased in 1783, Benedict Joseph Labre ranks 14. Before him are Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Grigory Orlov, Johann Kirnberger, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, and Johann Jakob Bodmer. After him are Christian Mayer, Gerhard Friedrich Müller, Nikita Ivanovich Panin, William Hunter, Ignaz Holzbauer, and Alexander Ablesimov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Benedict Joseph Labre ranks 1,891 out of 6,770. Before him are Youri Djorkaeff (1968), Oronce Finé (1494), Eva Green (1980), Max Decugis (1882), Henry Corbin (1903), and Rodulfus Glaber (985). After him are Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville (1803), Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1610), Margaret of France, Queen of England (1282), Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (1604), Jean-Paul Laurens (1838), and Michel Fourniret (1942).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Benedict Joseph Labre ranks 96. Before him are William of Gellone (750), Hugh of Châteauneuf (1053), William Farel (1489), Felix of Valois (1127), Germain of Paris (496), and Valentin Haüy (1745). After him are Maurice de Sully (1110), Marcabru (1200), André Vingt-Trois (1942), Madeleine Sophie Barat (1779), Itta of Metz (592), and Odilo of Cluny (961).

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