RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Birinus

600 - 650

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Birinus (also Berin, Birin; c. 600 – 3 December 649 or 650) was the first Bishop of Dorchester and was known as the "Apostle to the West Saxons" for his conversion of the Kingdom of Wessex to Christianity. He is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and Anglican churches. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Birinus is the 2,857th most popular religious figure (up from 2,934th in 2019), the 4,646th most popular biography from France (up from 5,042nd in 2019) and the 217th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Birinus ranks 2,857 out of 3,187. Before him are Jean Margéot, Ján Babjak, William Ellery Channing, Oliver Plunkett, Ajahn Brahm, and Hirotugu Akaike. After him are Cædmon, Roger Mahony, Ignaty Krachkovsky, Chiara Badano, Raymond E. Brown, and Pope Agrippinus of Alexandria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Birinus ranks 79. Before him are Sigeberht the Good, Cearl of Mercia, Ariulf of Spoleto, Mellitus, Sighere of Essex, and Sigeberht the Little. After him are Aldfrith of Northumbria, Hussa of Bernicia, Theodelap of Spoleto, Thurisind, Deusdedit of Canterbury, and Tytila of East Anglia. Among people deceased in 650, Birinus ranks 5. Before him are Songtsen Gampo, Abdullah ibn Masud, Chandrakirti, and Sexred.

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In France

Among people born in France, Birinus ranks 4,646 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Bontemps (1902), Jean Broc (1771), Hubert Védrine (1947), Alain Besançon (1932), Jean Collas (1874), and Robert Mouynet (1930). After him are Bernard Clavel (1923), Robert of Torigni (1100), Michel Bonnevie (1921), Cécile DeWitt-Morette (1922), Jean Prévost (1901), and Fernand Jourdant (1903).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Birinus ranks 217. Before him are Michel Garicoïts (1797), Jean Marcel Honoré (1920), Jean de Sponde (1557), Jean Hardouin (1646), Léon-Étienne Duval (1903), and Claude Dagens (1940). After him are Eric of Friuli (800), Henry of Blois (1096), Albert Decourtray (1923), Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769), Arnulf of Chocques (null), and Nathalie Becquart (1969).

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