RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jacques de Vitry

1170 - 1240

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Jacques de Vitry (Jacobus de Vitriaco, c. 1160/70 – 1 May 1240) was a French canon regular who was a noted theologian and chronicler of his era. He was elected bishop of Acre in 1214 and made cardinal in 1229. His Historia Orientalis (also known as Historia Hierosolymitana) is an important source for the historiography of the Crusades. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques de Vitry is the 1,748th most popular religious figure (down from 1,088th in 2019), the 2,654th most popular biography from France (down from 1,724th in 2019) and the 138th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jacques de Vitry ranks 1,748 out of 3,187. Before him are Gaspar del Bufalo, Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i, Achille Silvestrini, John Morton, Quirinus of Sescia, and Tekla Juniewicz. After him are Juan García Rodríguez, Francisco Álvarez Martínez, Pietro Riario, Epaphras, Emil Krebs, and Alexander of Bergamo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1170, Jacques de Vitry ranks 16. Before him are Muqali, Otto I, Count of Burgundy, Jayadeva, Pierre de Castelnau, Conrad II, Duke of Swabia, and Abdallah al-Adil. After him are Henry I, Count of Anhalt, Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, Conrad of Urach, Gaucelm Faidit, Robert de Clari, and Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier. Among people deceased in 1240, Jacques de Vitry ranks 8. Before him are Ibn Arabi, Razia Sultana, Llywelyn the Great, Constance of Hungary, Raymond Nonnatus, and Konrad von Thüringen. After him are Caesarius of Heisterbach, Chormaqan, Hartmann, Count of Württemberg, and Skule Bårdsson.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques de Vitry ranks 2,654 out of 6,770. Before him are Patrice Leconte (1947), Jacques Philippe Marie Binet (1786), Gilles de Roberval (1602), Gilbert Simondon (1924), Augustin Pajou (1730), and Jean-Delphin Alard (1815). After him are Louison Bobet (1925), Valery Larbaud (1881), Georges Guynemer (1894), Gabriel Matzneff (1936), Sébastien Loeb (1974), and Pierre Leroux (1797).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Jacques de Vitry ranks 138. Before him are Aldegonde (639), Louis Massignon (1883), Bérenger Saunière (1852), Jeanne de Lestonnac (1556), Charles Lavigerie (1825), and Marie of the Incarnation (1566). After him are Judoc (600), Charles de Bourbon (1523), Christophe Pierre (1946), Lupus of Troyes (395), Eucherius of Lyon (380), and Leodegar (616).

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