RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Brother Roger

1915 - 2005

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Roger Schutz (12 May 1915 – 16 August 2005), popularly known as Brother Roger (French: Frère Roger), was a Swiss Christian leader and monastic brother. In 1940 Schutz founded the Taizé Community, an ecumenical monastic community in Burgundy, France, serving as its first prior until his murder in 2005. Towards the end of his life, the Taizé Community was attracting international attention, welcoming thousands of young pilgrims every week, which it has continued to do after his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Brother Roger is the 880th most popular religious figure (down from 772nd in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 94th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swiss Religious Figure.

Brother Roger is most famous for founding the Taizé Community in France.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Brother Roger ranks 880 out of 3,187. Before him are Sergius of Radonezh, Mechtilde, Frances Xavier Cabrini, Antipope Paschal, Eduardo Martínez Somalo, and Louise de Marillac. After him are Peter of Verona, Therese Neumann, Anders Arborelius, Carlo Maria Martini, Stefan Wyszyński, and Timothy M. Dolan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Brother Roger ranks 44. Before him are Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Albert O. Hirschman, Helmut Schön, Thomas Huckle Weller, Modibo Keïta, and Aziz Nesin. After him are Rudolf Kirchschläger, Mario Del Monaco, Prince George William of Hanover, Bob Kane, Takeshi Kamo, and Franz Josef Strauss. Among people deceased in 2005, Brother Roger ranks 43. Before him are Max Schmeling, George F. Kennan, Akira Yoshizawa, Moustapha Akkad, Birgit Nilsson, and Mary Jackson. After him are John Fowles, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Robert Wise, Barbara Bel Geddes, Richard Smalley, and Rosemary Kennedy.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Brother Roger ranks 101 out of 1,015. Before him are Charles Gleyre (1806), Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741), Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux (1718), Anna Göldi (1734), François Vatel (1631), and Carla Del Ponte (1947). After him are Anders Arborelius (1949), Louis, Duke of Savoy (1413), Rudolf II, Duke of Austria (1270), Louis Agassiz (1807), Louis Chevrolet (1878), and Jakob Steiner (1796).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Switzerland

Among religious figures born in Switzerland, Brother Roger ranks 5. Before him are Huldrych Zwingli (1484), Hans Küng (1928), Nicholas of Flüe (1417), and Anna Göldi (1734). After him are Anders Arborelius (1949), Heinrich Bullinger (1504), Kurt Koch (1950), Jakob Ammann (1644), Ulrich of Augsburg (890), Billy Meier (1937), and Jacob Sprenger (1435).

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