RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jacob Frank

1726 - 1791

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Jacob Joseph Frank (Hebrew: יעקב פרנק; Yiddish: יעקבֿ פֿראַנק; Polish: Jakub Józef Frank; born Jakub Lejbowicz; 1726 – 10 December 1791) was a Polish-Jewish religious leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of the self-proclaimed messiah Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676) and also of the biblical patriarch Jacob. The Jewish authorities in Poland excommunicated Frank and his followers due to his heretical doctrines that included deification of himself as a part of a trinity and other controversial concepts such as neo-Carpocratian "purification through transgression". Frank’s teachings led his sect into scandalous practices, including ritualized orgies, incestuous acts—most notably between fathers and daughters—and the deliberate violation of Jewish moral laws, which he preached were necessary to hasten a messianic redemption through embracing the "abyss" of sin. Frank arguably created a religious movement, now referred to as Frankism, which incorporated aspects of Christianity and Judaism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob Frank is the 1,071st most popular religious figure (down from 847th in 2019), the 174th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 136th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Ukrainian Religious Figure.

Jacob Frank was a Jewish apostate who converted to Catholicism and became a Jesuit priest. He is most famous for founding the Order of the Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jacob Frank ranks 1,071 out of 3,187. Before him are Adam Stefan Sapieha, Peter III of Alexandria, Seán Patrick O'Malley, George Syncellus, Yolanda of Poland, and Joseph Zen. After him are Nimatullah Kassab, Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, Sinchi Roca, Sebeos, and Gerasimus of the Jordan.

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Among people born in 1726, Jacob Frank ranks 6. Before him are Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, François-André Danican Philidor, Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia, James Hutton, and Louise Henriette de Bourbon. After him are Gerard Majella, Prince Henry of Prussia, Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este, Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Daniel Chodowiecki, and Alexander Ypsilantis. Among people deceased in 1791, Jacob Frank ranks 6. Before him are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Grigory Potemkin, John Wesley, and Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy. After him are Étienne Maurice Falconet, Ignaz von Born, Joseph Gaertner, Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, Johan Andreas Murray, and João de Loureiro.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Jacob Frank ranks 174 out of 1,365. Before him are Alexander Pechersky (1909), Sviatoslav II of Kiev (1027), Georgy Pyatakov (1890), Moshé Feldenkrais (1904), Maria Prymachenko (1908), and Pavel Popovich (1930). After him are Yuri Kondratyuk (1897), Ivan Kozhedub (1920), Anatoly Fomenko (1945), Richard von Mises (1883), Otto Preminger (1905), and David Bronstein (1924).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ukraine

Among religious figures born in Ukraine, Jacob Frank ranks 5. Before him are Baal Shem Tov (1700), Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902), Josaphat Kuntsevych (1580), and Nachman of Breslov (1772). After him are Josyf Slipyj (1892), Marian Jaworski (1926), Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko (1842), Paisius Velichkovsky (1722), Filaret (1929), Theodosius of Kiev (1029), and Tekla Juniewicz (1906).

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