RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Emmeram of Regensburg

600 - 652

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Saint Emmeram of Regensburg (also Emeram(m)us, Emmeran, Emmerano, Emeran, Heimrammi, Haimeran, or Heimeran) was a Christian bishop and a martyr born in Poitiers, Aquitaine. Having heard of idolatry in Bavaria, Emmeram travelled to Ratisbon (Regensburg) some time after the year 649 to the court of Theodo I, Duke of Bavaria. He supposedly travelled up the Loire, crossed through the Black Forest and then followed the Danube to Regensburg. Theodo welcomed Emmeram to his court, where he laboured for three years carrying out missionary work. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emmeram of Regensburg is the 1,960th most popular religious figure (down from 1,617th in 2019), the 2,995th most popular biography from France (down from 2,697th in 2019) and the 158th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Emmeram of Regensburg ranks 1,960 out of 3,187Before him are Pelagius of Córdoba, Sulpitius the Pious, Christodoulos of Athens, Sehetepibre, Corrado Bafile, and Kazimierz Nycz. After him are Stephen I of Constantinople, Fulton J. Sheen, Blind man of Bethsaida, François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, Francisco Robles Ortega, and Joktan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Emmeram of Regensburg ranks 51Before him are Judoc, Yan Liben, David the Invincible, Khosrow III, Al-Harith ibn Jabalah, and Miro. After him are Chram, Philippicus, Ino Anastasia, Audomar, Sexred, and Gisulf II of Friuli. Among people deceased in 652, Emmeram of Regensburg ranks 6Before him are Yazdegerd III, Abu Dhar al-Ghifari, Rothari, Itta of Metz, and Unknown Archon. After him is Olympius.

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In France

Among people born in France, Emmeram of Regensburg ranks 2,995 out of 6,770Before him are André Hunebelle (1896), Émile Cohl (1857), Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil (1730), Marie of Lorraine (1674), Henriette d'Angeville (1794), and Sextus Pompeius Festus (150). After him are Édouard Detaille (1848), Dany Boon (1966), Denis Pétau (1583), René Laloux (1929), François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis (1715), and N'Golo Kanté (1991).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Emmeram of Regensburg ranks 158Before him are Saint Faith (290), Jean du Bellay (1492), Jean du Vergier de Hauranne (1581), Érard de la Marck (1472), Peter Julian Eymard (1811), and Sulpitius the Pious (576). After him are François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis (1715), Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans (1698), Émilie de Villeneuve (1811), Julie Billiart (1751), Gershom ben Judah (960), and Peter Fourier (1565).