RELIGIOUS FIGURE

François de Tournon

1489 - 1562

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François de Tournon (1489 in Tournon-sur-Rhône – 1562 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a French Augustinian friar, an archbishop, diplomat, courtier, and cardinal. From 1536 he was also a military supply officer of French forces operating in Provence, Savoy and Piedmont. In the same year he founded the Collège de Tournon. For a period he was effectively France's foreign minister. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François de Tournon is the 2,193rd most popular religious figure (down from 2,154th in 2019), the 3,393rd most popular biography from France (up from 3,593rd in 2019) and the 180th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, François de Tournon ranks 2,193 out of 3,187. Before him are Uthman ibn Maz'un, William of the White Hands, Charles Wesley, Jonathan Sacks, Matrona Nikonova, and Pami. After him are László Paskai, Ieronymos II of Athens, Leonardo Murialdo, Gaudentius of Brescia, Hans Talhoffer, and Balthasar Bekker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1489, François de Tournon ranks 13. Before him are William Farel, Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, Charles IV, Duke of Alençon, Gerónimo de Aguilar, and Fernando d'Ávalos. After him are Francesco Venier, and Lorenzo Priuli. Among people deceased in 1562, François de Tournon ranks 12. Before him are Lütfi Pasha, Jan van Scorel, Peter of Alcantara, Francesco de' Rossi, Christoph Amberger, and Giovanni de' Medici. After him are Claudin de Sermisy, Peter Martyr Vermigli, Virgil Solis, and Maham Anga.

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In France

Among people born in France, François de Tournon ranks 3,393 out of 6,770. Before him are Hermano da Silva Ramos (1925), Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine (1714), Louis Dollo (1857), Margaret of Foix (1453), Jorge Chávez (1887), and Élisabeth Badinter (1944). After him are Marc Isambard Brunel (1769), Zacharie Astruc (1833), Jean-Étienne Montucla (1725), Peter II, Duke of Brittany (1418), Jacques Dupont (1928), and Albert Ayat (1875).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, François de Tournon ranks 180. Before him are Pasquier Quesnel (1634), Fernando Ocáriz Braña (1944), Pierre Pigneau de Behaine (1741), Wolfgang Capito (1478), Hilary of Arles (401), and Jacques Marquette (1637). After him are Jacques Hamel (1930), Bernard Panafieu (1931), Marie-Eugénie de Jésus (1817), Raël (1946), Nicolas Trigault (1577), and Marie-Joseph Lagrange (1855).

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