RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Geoffrey Keating

1569 - 1644

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Geoffrey Keating (Irish: Seathrún Céitinn; c. 1569 – c. 1644) was an Irish historian. He was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, and is buried in Tubrid Graveyard in the parish of Ballylooby-Duhill. He became a Catholic priest and a poet. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Geoffrey Keating is the 3,002nd most popular religious figure (up from 3,025th in 2019), the 330th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 358th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Irish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Geoffrey Keating ranks 3,002 out of 3,187Before him are Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng, Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, Edward Egan, Epiphanius I of Ukraine, Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, and Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn. After him are Anders Wejryd, Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, William Cameron Townsend, En-men-lu-ana, Laurus Škurla, and Bassano Staffieri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1569, Geoffrey Keating ranks 17Before him are Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Heo Gyun, Antonio Marcello Barberini, Jan Piotr Sapieha, Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl, and Emilia Lanier.  Among people deceased in 1644, Geoffrey Keating ranks 14Before him are Francisco Pacheco, Bernardo Strozzi, Agostino Tassi, Guru Hargobind, Luis Vélez de Guevara, and Georg Marcgrave.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Geoffrey Keating ranks 330 out of 549Before him are Patrick Leahy (1877), Thomas Fitzsimons (1741), Desmond Connell (1926), William Hobson (1792), Mary Ward (1827), and Damien Rice (1973). After him are Graham Norton (1963), Maria Doyle Kennedy (1964), James Cecil Parke (1881), Roddy Doyle (1958), George Brent (1904), and Ciarán of Clonmacnoise (516).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ireland

Among religious figures born in Ireland, Geoffrey Keating ranks 20Before him are Aidan of Lindisfarne (600), Violet Gibson (1876), Hugh O'Flaherty (1898), Oliver Plunkett (1625), Finnian of Clonard (470), and Desmond Connell (1926). After him are Ciarán of Clonmacnoise (516).