RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Bruno of Querfurt

970 - 1009

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Bruno of Querfurt, O.S.B. Cam., (German: Brun von Querfurt; c. 974 – 14 February or 9/14 March 1009), also known as Brun, was a Christian missionary bishop, Camaldolese monk and martyr, who was beheaded near the border of Kievan Rus and Lithuania for trying to spread Christianity. He is also called the second "Apostle of the Prussians". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bruno of Querfurt is the 900th most popular religious figure (down from 760th in 2019), the 1,047th most popular biography from Germany (down from 833rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular German Religious Figure.

Bruno of Querfurt is most famous for being the first to translate the Bible into the Old High German language.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Bruno of Querfurt ranks 900 out of 3,187Before him are Caesar Baronius, Robert de Sorbon, Apollinaris of Laodicea, Zeno of Verona, Agostino Casaroli, and Michael Michai Kitbunchu. After him are Jorge Medina, Antipope Nicholas V, Hemma of Gurk, Bavo of Ghent, Alessandro Valignano, and Columba.

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Among people born in 970, Bruno of Querfurt ranks 4Before him are Leif Erikson, Pope Sergius IV, and Pope John XVIII. After him are Fulk III, Count of Anjou, Oldřich, Duke of Bohemia, Al-Sharif al-Radi, Procopius of Sázava, Otto, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Conrad I, Duke of Carinthia, Åsta Gudbrandsdatter, and Sitt al-Mulk. Among people deceased in 1009, Bruno of Querfurt ranks 2Before him is Pope John XVIII. After him are Mokjong of Goryeo, Ibn Yunus, Pietro II Orseolo, Tilopa, and Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Bruno of Querfurt ranks 1,047 out of 7,253Before him are Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1831), Friedrich Jeckeln (1895), William II of Württemberg (1848), Julius Wellhausen (1844), Friedrich Kuhlau (1786), and Klaus Nomi (1944). After him are Albert of Riga (1165), Gotthard Kettler (1517), Reinhard Scheer (1863), Joseph Berchtold (1897), August von Kotzebue (1761), and Marianne Bachmeier (1950).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Bruno of Querfurt ranks 25Before him are Gertrude the Great (1256), Gerhard Ludwig Müller (1947), Margot Frank (1926), Mechtilde (1241), Therese Neumann (1898), and Georg Ratzinger (1924). After him are Killing of Peter Fechter (1944), Severinus of Noricum (410), Walter Kasper (1933), Gotthard of Hildesheim (960), Otto of Bamberg (1060), and Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg (1744).