RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Bérenger Saunière

1852 - 1917

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François-Bérenger Saunière (11 April 1852 – 22 January 1917) was a French Catholic priest in the village of Rennes-le-Château, in the Aude region. He was a central figure in the conspiracy theories surrounding the village, which form the basis of several documentaries and books such as the 1982 Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln. Elements of these theories were later used by Dan Brown in his best-selling 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code, in which the fictional character Jacques Saunière is named after the priest. Saunière served in Rennes-le-Château from 1885 until he was transferred to another village in 1909 by his bishop. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bérenger Saunière is the 1,673rd most popular religious figure (down from 1,485th in 2019), the 2,552nd most popular biography from France (down from 2,447th in 2019) and the 134th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Bérenger Saunière ranks 1,673 out of 3,187. Before him are Honoratus, Fray Tomás de Berlanga, Kuchum, Arlindo Gomes Furtado, Stephen of Perm, and Anna Vyrubova. After him are Lluís Martínez Sistach, Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, Sengcan, Vigilius of Trent, and Zakir Naik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Bérenger Saunière ranks 52. Before him are Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Henri Gervex, Friedrich Loeffler, Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria, John Henry Poynting, and Vera Figner. After him are Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal, Henry van Dyke Jr., László Mednyánszky, Otakar Ševčík, and Eugène Mougin. Among people deceased in 1917, Bérenger Saunière ranks 48. Before him are Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz, Octave Lapize, Eugène Grasset, Ivan Goremykin, and Eduardo di Capua. After him are Liu Yongfu, Georges Guynemer, Otto Finsch, Enric Prat de la Riba, Spyridon Samaras, and Eric Campbell.

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In France

Among people born in France, Bérenger Saunière ranks 2,552 out of 6,770. Before him are Étienne Dolet (1509), Henri Pescarolo (1942), Berenguer Ramon, Count of Provence (1114), Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (1801), Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti (1695), and Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (1803). After him are Antoine-Louis Barye (1795), Élisabeth Borne (1961), Georges Claude (1870), Walter of Châtillon (1135), Gustave Boulanger (1824), and Antoine François Marmontel (1816).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Bérenger Saunière ranks 134. Before him are Pierre de Castelnau (1170), Saint Martial (300), Germanus of Auxerre (378), Raymonde de Laroche (1882), Aldegonde (639), and Louis Massignon (1883). After him are Jeanne de Lestonnac (1556), Charles Lavigerie (1825), Marie of the Incarnation (1566), Jacques de Vitry (1170), Judoc (600), and Charles de Bourbon (1523).

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