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Gasparo Contarini

1483 - 1542

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Gasparo Contarini (16 October 1483 – 24 August 1542) was an Italian diplomat, cardinal, and Bishop of Belluno. He advocated for dialogue with Protestants during the Reformation. Born in Venice, he served as the Republic's ambassador to Charles V during its war with him. He was the first to explain the time discrepancy in the Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation due to Earth's rotation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gasparo Contarini is the 2,877th most popular writer (up from 3,005th in 2019), the 2,624th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,708th in 2019) and the 176th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among writers, Gasparo Contarini ranks 2,877 out of 7,302. Before him are Mihailo Lalić, Hilaire Belloc, Wolfgang Iser, John Ashbery, Samad Vurgun, and Yevgeny Baratynsky. After him are Aelred of Rievaulx, Angela Carter, Josef Škvorecký, Alexander Imich, Sæmundr fróði, and Stefan Heym.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1483, Gasparo Contarini ranks 10. Before him are Francesco Guicciardini, Francisco de Vitoria, Ayas Mehmed Pasha, Paolo Giovio, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, and Felice della Rovere. After him are Jaime, Duke of Braganza, Simon Bening, and Nicolaus von Amsdorf. Among people deceased in 1542, Gasparo Contarini ranks 19. Before him are Ludwig Senfl, Nikolaus Federmann, Malik Muhammad Jayasi, Diego de Almagro II, Cristóvão da Gama, and Juan Boscán Almogáver. After him are Philotheus of Pskov, Pedro Reinel, and Angelo Beolco.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gasparo Contarini ranks 2,624 out of 5,161. Before him are Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì (1839), Luigi Denza (1846), Apostolo Zeno (1668), Enrico Dante (1884), Agnello Participazio (800), and Macedonio Melloni (1798). After him are Francesco Zuccarelli (1702), Sigismondo d'India (1582), Lorenzo Lippi (1606), Bernardo Buontalenti (1531), Pietro Lando (1462), and Giovanni Fattori (1825).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Gasparo Contarini ranks 176. Before him are Ada Negri (1870), Elio Vittorini (1908), Tullia d'Aragona (1510), Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893), Massimo Bontempelli (1878), and Apostolo Zeno (1668). After him are Moderata Fonte (1555), Lucrezia Marinella (1571), Salimbene di Adam (1221), Félix Fénéon (1861), Titus Burckhardt (1908), and Silvio Pellico (1789).

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