RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jeanne Guyon

1648 - 1717

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Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon (commonly known as Madame Guyon, French: [gɥi.jɔ̃]; 13 April 1648 – 9 June 1717) was a French Christian accused of advocating Quietism, which was considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church. Madame Guyon was imprisoned from 1695 to 1703 after publishing the book A Short and Very Easy Method of Prayer. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jeanne Guyon is the 1,168th most popular religious figure (down from 1,094th in 2019), the 1,672nd most popular biography from France (up from 1,742nd in 2019) and the 81st most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jeanne Guyon ranks 1,168 out of 3,187. Before her are Giovanni Lajolo, Julian Cesarini, Yves Congar, Arsenius the Great, Jakob Ammann, and Sai Baba of Shirdi. After her are Shemon Bar Sabbae, Abo of Tiflis, 11th Dalai Lama, Rose of Viterbo, Hugh of Cluny, and Eugène de Mazenod.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1648, Jeanne Guyon ranks 3. Before her are Juana Inés de la Cruz, and Peter II of Portugal. After her are Anne Henriette of Bavaria, Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels, Arp Schnitger, Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans, Johann Michael Bach, Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, Arabella Churchill, Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, and René de Froulay de Tessé. Among people deceased in 1717, Jeanne Guyon ranks 3. Before her are Maria Sibylla Merian, and Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark. After her are Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Samuel Bellamy, Anna Leszczyńska, Magnus Stenbock, Nicolaes Witsen, Jean Jouvenet, Abraham Darby I, and Abdul Aziz Hotak.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jeanne Guyon ranks 1,672 out of 6,770. Before her are César, Duke of Vendôme (1594), Paloma Picasso (1949), Marie Anne Lenormand (1772), Philibert de l'Orme (1514), Maurice Bucaille (1920), and Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (1400). After her are Raymond Domenech (1952), Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon (1754), Auguste Bravais (1811), Raimbaut de Vaqueiras (1165), Audrey Tautou (1976), and Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme (1654).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Jeanne Guyon ranks 81. Before her are Eugène Tisserant (1884), Jacques Paul Migne (1800), La Voisin (1640), Alberic of Cîteaux (1001), Louis of Toulouse (1274), and Yves Congar (1904). After her are Hugh of Cluny (1024), Eugène de Mazenod (1782), Caesarius of Arles (470), Vincent of Lérins (400), Arnaud Amalric (1160), and Henri de Lubac (1896).

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