RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Bernard de Montfaucon

1655 - 1741

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Dom Bernard de Montfaucon, O.S.B. (French: [də mɔ̃fokɔ̃]; 13 January 1655 – 21 December 1741) was a French Benedictine monk of the Congregation of Saint Maur. He was an astute scholar who founded the discipline of palaeography, as well as being an editor of works of the Fathers of the Church. He is regarded as one of the founders of the modern discipline of archaeology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernard de Montfaucon is the 1,838th most popular religious figure (down from 1,322nd in 2019), the 2,812th most popular biography from France (down from 2,151st in 2019) and the 150th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Bernard de Montfaucon ranks 1,838 out of 3,187. Before him are Geminianus, Kevin of Glendalough, Kaundinya, Albinus of Angers, Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, and Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje. After him are Miloslav Vlk, Callistus I of Constantinople, Saint Alban, Josep Maria Mauri, Macarius of Jerusalem, and Lipit-Ishtar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1655, Bernard de Montfaucon ranks 12. Before him are Christian Thomasius, Zumbi, Rinaldo d'Este, Johann Christoph Denner, Jean-François Regnard, and Ferdinand Kettler. After him are Caspar Bartholin the Younger, Christoph Dientzenhofer, Antonio Palomino, and Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Among people deceased in 1741, Bernard de Montfaucon ranks 13. Before him are Wirich Philipp von Daun, Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignano, and Georg Rafael Donner. After him are Blas de Lezo, Jethro Tull, Alvise Pisani, Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg, Charles Rollin, and Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach.

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In France

Among people born in France, Bernard de Montfaucon ranks 2,812 out of 6,770. Before him are Yves Allégret (1907), Amaury de Montfort (1192), Félix Ziem (1821), Georges Cadoudal (1771), Emmanuel Frémiet (1824), and Claude Balbastre (1724). After him are Cécile Aubry (1928), Maurice Joly (1829), Jacques Ozanam (1640), Marie-Thérèse Walter (1909), Georges Wilson (1921), and Richard Simon (1638).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Bernard de Montfaucon ranks 150. Before him are Leodegar (616), Albert Vanhoye (1923), Louis Billot (1846), Louis Antoine de Noailles (1651), John Francis Regis (1597), and Albinus of Angers (470). After him are Richard Simon (1638), Saint Faith (290), Jean du Bellay (1492), Jean du Vergier de Hauranne (1581), Érard de la Marck (1472), and Peter Julian Eymard (1811).

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