RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

1651 - 1719

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St John-Baptiste de La Salle (; French: [ʒɑ̃ batist də la sal]; 30 April 1651 – 7 April 1719) was a French priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. He is a saint of the Catholic Church and the patron saint for teachers of youth. He is referred to both as La Salle and as De La Salle. La Salle dedicated much of his life to the education of poor children in France; in doing so, he started many lasting educational practices. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle is the 636th most popular religious figure (up from 641st in 2019), the 709th most popular biography from France (up from 743rd in 2019) and the 39th most popular French Religious Figure.

Jean-Baptiste de la Salle was a French priest and educator who is most famous for founding the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle ranks 636 out of 3,187. Before him are Peter the Hermit, Theophanes the Confessor, Pope Theodore I, Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Clotilde, and Father Damien. After him are Seraphim of Sarov, Apollos, Thomas Becket, Billy Graham, Columbanus, and Hind bint Utbah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1651, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle ranks 2. Before him is Margaret Theresa of Spain. After him are François Fénelon, William Dampier, Natalya Naryshkina, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, Engelbert Kaempfer, Madame d'Aulnoy, Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld, Charles II, Elector Palatine, Charles Eugène de Croÿ, and Louis Antoine de Noailles. Among people deceased in 1719, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle ranks 2. Before him is Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon. After him are John Flamsteed, Shah Jahan II, Michel Rolle, Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, Benjamin Hornigold, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Johann Friedrich Böttger, Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein-Gottorp, Joseph Addison, and Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle ranks 709 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Augereau (1757), Georges Perec (1936), Clotilde (475), Elisa Bonaparte (1777), Antoine François Prévost (1697), and Nicole Oresme (1323). After him are Louis I, Duke of Anjou (1339), François Fénelon (1651), Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1747), Alfred de Musset (1810), Jules Grévy (1807), and René Lacoste (1904).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle ranks 39. Before him are Charles de Foucauld (1858), Luigi Lucheni (1873), Ansgar (801), Rashi (1040), Peter the Hermit (1050), and Clotilde (475). After him are Antipope Clement VII (1342), Peter Waldo (1140), Louis de Montfort (1673), Jean Meslier (1664), Catherine Labouré (1806), and Ivo of Kermartin (1253).

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