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Bernardus Silvestris

1085 - 1160

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Bernardus Silvestris, also known as Bernard Silvestris and Bernard Silvester, was a medieval Platonist philosopher and poet of the 12th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernardus Silvestris is the 2,199th most popular writer (up from 4,030th in 2019), the 2,472nd most popular biography from France (up from 3,921st in 2019) and the 309th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bernardus Silvestris ranks 2,199 out of 7,302Before him are Sven Nordqvist, Christina Rossetti, Kuvempu, Lidia Zamenhof, Izumi Shikibu, and Anne Applebaum. After him are Michel Leiris, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Richard Adams, Martin Amis, Abraham ibn Daud, and Elena Poniatowska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1085, Bernardus Silvestris ranks 3Before him are William of St-Thierry, and Ralph I, Count of Vermandois. After him are Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy, Zhang Zeduan, Berthold III, Duke of Zähringen, and Waleran, Duke of Lower Lorraine. Among people deceased in 1160, Bernardus Silvestris ranks 11Before him are Adelard of Bath, Al-Muqtafi, Raymond du Puy, Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Herman of Carinthia, and Herman III, Margrave of Baden. After him are Al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah, Theodore Prodromos, Ibn al-Qalanisi, Matilda of Carinthia, and Henry of Huntingdon.

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In France

Among people born in France, Bernardus Silvestris ranks 2,472 out of 6,770Before him are Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (1922), Margaret of Burgundy, Duchess of Bavaria (1374), Christian Boltanski (1944), Charles IV, Duke of Alençon (1489), Jules Jamin (1818), and François Berléand (1952). After him are Michel Leiris (1901), Louis Massignon (1883), Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux (1753), Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma (1940), Jean René Constant Quoy (1790), and Christian Metz (1931).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Bernardus Silvestris ranks 309Before him are Roger Peyrefitte (1907), Philippe Sollers (1936), Bernard Palissy (1510), Pierre Lemaitre (1951), Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331), and Sébastien Japrisot (1931). After him are Michel Leiris (1901), Elena Poniatowska (1932), Gaston Paris (1839), Pierre Gamarra (1919), Matthieu Ricard (1946), and Claude Farrère (1876).