RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Bruno of Cologne

1030 - 1101

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Bruno of Cologne, OCart (German: Bruno von Köln; Italian: Bruno di Colonia; c. 1030 – 6 October 1101), venerated as Saint Bruno, was the founder of the Carthusians. He personally founded the order's first two communities. He was a celebrated teacher at Reims and a close advisor of his former pupil, Pope Urban II. His feast day is 6 October. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bruno of Cologne is the 607th most popular religious figure (down from 501st in 2019), the 530th most popular biography from Germany (down from 398th in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Religious Figure.

Bruno of cologne is most famous for being the first fragrance to use aldehydes.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Bruno of Cologne ranks 607 out of 3,187. Before him are Ansgar, Beatrice Portinari, Kevin Farrell, Camillus de Lellis, Rashi, and Sister Lúcia. After him are Nichiren, Pancras of Rome, Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair, Saint Giles, Eli, and Saint Casimir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1030, Bruno of Cologne ranks 2. Before him is Romanos IV Diogenes. After him are Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Vsevolod I of Kiev, Emund the Old, Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders, Stenkil, Anna Dalassene, Gertrude of Saxony, Gerard, Duke of Lorraine, Lulach, and Sigebert of Gembloux. Among people deceased in 1101, Bruno of Cologne ranks 3. Before him are Mahmud al-Kashgari, and Roger I of Sicily. After him are Su Shi, Hugh, Count of Vermandois, John Skylitzes, Conrad II of Italy, Su Song, Al-Musta'li, Akka Mahadevi, Emperor Daozong of Liao, and Vseslav of Polotsk.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Bruno of Cologne ranks 530 out of 7,253. Before him are Caroline of Baden (1776), Walter Schellenberg (1910), Uwe Seeler (1936), Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867), Gerhard Ertl (1936), and Wassily Leontief (1906). After him are Alfred von Schlieffen (1833), Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (1546), Felix Klein (1849), Walter Scheel (1919), Alexandra Feodorovna (1798), and Maria Anna of Neuburg (1667).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Bruno of Cologne ranks 12. Before him are Pope Joan (null), Pope Damasus II (1000), Philip Melanchthon (1497), Pope Clement II (1005), Pope Victor II (1018), and Thomas à Kempis (1380). After him are Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774), Rabanus Maurus (780), Conrad Schumann (1942), Albert of Brandenburg (1490), Nicolaus Zinzendorf (1700), and Johann Tetzel (1460).

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