RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti

1774 - 1849

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Giuseppe Gasparo Mezzofanti (17 September 1774 – 15 March 1849) was an Italian cardinal known for being a hyperpolyglot. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti is the 830th most popular religious figure (down from 773rd in 2019), the 1,068th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,053rd in 2019) and the 281st most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti was a priest and scholar who was most famous for his ability to speak and translate many languages.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti ranks 830 out of 3,187. Before him are Juan Vicente Pérez, John of Capistrano, Thaddeus of Edessa, Lorenzo Ruiz, Romuald, and Justus. After him are Josephine Bakhita, Athenagoras of Athens, Peter Faber, Scipione Borghese, Maria Cristina of Savoy, and Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1774, Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti ranks 7. Before him are Caspar David Friedrich, Daniel D. Tompkins, Jean-Baptiste Biot, Anne Catherine Emmerich, Auguste de Marmont, and Francis Beaufort. After him are Gaspare Spontini, Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, and William Henry. Among people deceased in 1849, Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti ranks 17. Before him are Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, Charles Albert of Sardinia, René Lesson, Şehzade Abdullah, Heonjong of Joseon, and Anita Garibaldi. After him are Otto Nicolai, Juliette Récamier, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, William Miller, Juliusz Słowacki, and Lajos Batthyány.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti ranks 1,068 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691), Giulio Natta (1903), Justus (600), Cola di Rienzo (1313), Alfonso IV of Aragon (1299), and Janus of Cyprus (1375). After him are Marie Mancini (1639), Giacomo Carissimi (1605), Nina Ricci (1883), Pietro Locatelli (1695), Fulvia (-77), and Lucius Julius Caesar (-135).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti ranks 281. Before him are Emma Morano (1899), Giuseppe Siri (1906), Blessed Gerard (1047), John of Capistrano (1386), Romuald (951), and Justus (600). After him are Scipione Borghese (1577), Maria Cristina of Savoy (1812), Saint Cajetan (1480), Antipope Ursicinus (400), Antipope Boniface VII (1000), and Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901).

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