RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg

1445 - 1510

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Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg (16 March 1445 – 10 March 1510) was a priest, considered one of the greatest of the popular preachers of the 15th century. He was closely connected with the Renaissance humanists of Strasbourg, whose leader was the well-known Jakob Wimpfeling (1450–1528), called "the educator of Germany". Like Wimpfeling, Geiler was a secular priest; both fought the ecclesiastical abuses of the age, but not in the spirit of Martin Luther and his adherents. They looked, instead, for salvation and preservation only in the restoration of Christian morals in Church and State through the faithful maintenance of the doctrines of the Church. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg is the 2,623rd most popular religious figure (down from 983rd in 2019), the 461st most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 130th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Swiss Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg ranks 2,623 out of 3,187. Before him are Aloys Sprenger, Honorius of Canterbury, Squanto, Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna, Teresa of the Andes, and Jan Pieter Schotte. After him are Æthelthryth, Szilárd Bogdánffy, Giuseppe Simone Assemani, Roberto Tucci, Rosalio José Castillo Lara, and George Abbot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1445, Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg ranks 8. Before him are Luca Pacioli, Meñli I Giray, Al-Suyuti, Giuliano da Sangallo, Alvise Vivarini, and Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg.  Among people deceased in 1510, Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg ranks 15. Before him are Giovanni Sforza, Frederick of Saxony, Sidonie of Poděbrady, Catherine of Genoa, Mandukhai, and Georges d'Amboise. After him are Alexander II of Imereti, and Yusuf Adil Shah.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg ranks 461 out of 1,015. Before him are Hans Huber (1852), René Fasel (1950), Eugène Parlier (1929), Mattia Binotto (1969), Murat Yakin (1974), and Stefano Franscini (1796). After him are Heinz Schneiter (1935), Heinrich Zollinger (1818), Hakan Yakin (1977), Fritz Honegger (1917), Otto Stich (1927), and Johann Amman (1707).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Switzerland

Among religious figures born in Switzerland, Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg ranks 25. Before him are Maria Bernarda Bütler (1848), Charles Journet (1891), Saint Othmar (689), Conrad Grebel (1498), Pierre Viret (1511), and Marguerite Bays (1815). After him are Bernard Fellay (1958), Bruno Heim (1911), and Paul Hinder (1942).

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