RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jacobus da Varagine

1228 - 1298

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Jacobus de Voragine, OP (c. 1230 – 13/16 July 1298) was an Italian chronicler and archbishop of Genoa. He was the author, or more accurately the compiler, of the Golden Legend, a collection of the legendary lives of the greater saints of the medieval church that was one of the most popular religious works of the Middle Ages. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacobus da Varagine is the 625th most popular religious figure (up from 679th in 2019), the 750th most popular biography from Italy (up from 839th in 2019) and the 254th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Jacobus da Varagine is most famous for writing the Golden Legend, which is a collection of saints' lives.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jacobus da Varagine ranks 625 out of 3,187. Before him are Abbas ibn Ali, Zayd ibn Thabit, Simon Magus, `Abdu'l-Bahá, Rabanus Maurus, and Atiśa. After him are Thecla, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Ali al-Hadi, Djet, Peter the Hermit, and Theophanes the Confessor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1228, Jacobus da Varagine ranks 2. Before him is Conrad IV of Germany. After him are William II of Holland, Leo I of Galicia, Trần Hưng Đạo, and Muhammad I al-Mustansir. Among people deceased in 1298, Jacobus da Varagine ranks 2. Before him is Adolf of Germany. After him are Mechtilde, Yolanda of Poland, Ram Khamhaeng, Smilets of Bulgaria, Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, Thoros III, King of Armenia, Albert II, Duke of Saxony, Yang Hui, and Peter John Olivi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Jacobus da Varagine ranks 750 out of 5,161. Before him are Romano Prodi (1939), Jacopo Sansovino (1486), Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1642), Charles Albert of Sardinia (1798), Britannicus (41), and Elisabeth Farnese (1692). After him are Nicola Pisano (1225), Gaius Caesar (-20), Mario Monti (1943), Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (1726), Giacinto Facchetti (1942), and Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (1562).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Jacobus da Varagine ranks 254. Before him are Paul the Deacon (720), Francis of Paola (1416), Saint Rosalia (1130), Pope Donus (610), Beatrice Portinari (1265), and Camillus de Lellis (1550). After him are Angela Merici (1474), Peter Lombard (1096), Tarcisius (263), Saint Eustace (10), Scholastica (480), and Alexius of Rome (400).

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