RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Hugues de Payens

1074 - 1136

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Hugo de Paganis, commonly known in French as Hugues de Payens or Payns (c. 1070 – 24 May 1136), was the co-founder and first Grand Master of the Knights Templar. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugues de Payens is the 335th most popular religious figure (up from 580th in 2019), the 289th most popular biography from France (up from 639th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular French Religious Figure.

Hugues de Payens is most famous for being the first Grand Master of the Knights Templar.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hugues de Payens ranks 335 out of 3,187Before him are Maya, Ephrem the Syrian, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Pope Benedict III, John Harvard, and Pope Nicholas III. After him are Pope Gregory VI, Pope Anastasius I, Cyprian, Ulfilas, Pope Hormisdas, and Pope Victor III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1074, Hugues de Payens ranks 1After him are Joannes Zonaras, Constantine Doukas, Conrad II of Italy, Al-Hafiz, Hugh, Count of Champagne, Edgar, King of Scotland, Gaston IV, Viscount of Béarn, and Maud, Countess of Huntingdon. Among people deceased in 1136, Hugues de Payens ranks 1After him are Harald Gille, Leopold III, Margrave of Austria, and Conrad II, Count of Luxembourg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hugues de Payens ranks 289 out of 6,770Before him are Philip the Good (1396), Henry I of France (1008), Georges Clemenceau (1841), Jean-Luc Godard (1930), Eugène de Beauharnais (1781), and Louis Bonaparte (1778). After him are Simone Weil (1909), Raymond Poincaré (1860), Paul Signac (1863), Vincent de Paul (1581), Jules Massenet (1842), and Georges Méliès (1861).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Hugues de Payens ranks 22Before him are Bernadette Soubirous (1844), Saint Sebastian (300), Pope Innocent V (1225), Pope Urban VI (1318), Saint Roch (1295), and Francis de Sales (1567). After him are Vincent de Paul (1581), Jacques de Molay (1243), Pope Nicholas II (990), Pope Stephen IX (1020), Genevieve (423), and Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647).