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Johann Tetzel

1460 - 1519

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Johann Tetzel (c. 1465 – 11 August 1519) was a German Dominican friar and preacher. He was appointed Inquisitor for Poland and Saxony, later becoming the Grand Commissioner for indulgences in Germany. Tetzel was known for granting indulgences on behalf of the Catholic Church in exchange for tithes to the Church. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Tetzel is the 787th most popular religious figure (down from 707th in 2019), the 825th most popular biography from Germany (down from 696th in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Religious Figure.

Johann Tetzel was a Dominican friar and preacher who sold indulgences to fund the rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Johann Tetzel ranks 787 out of 3,187. Before him are Eutychius of Constantinople, József Mindszenty, Phoebe, Nicholas Kabasilas, Antipope Laurentius, and Agnes of Bohemia. After him are Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Philipp Spener, Isma'il ibn Ja'far, Cornelius the Centurion, Antipope Anacletus II, and Gertrude the Great.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1460, Johann Tetzel ranks 4. Before him are Vasco da Gama, Juan Ponce de León, and Lorenzo Costa. After him are Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, Tristão da Cunha, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, Bartholomew Columbus, Juan de la Cosa, Tilman Riemenschneider, Jacopo de' Barbari, and Judah Leon Abravanel. Among people deceased in 1519, Johann Tetzel ranks 6. Before him are Leonardo da Vinci, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Lucrezia Borgia, Vasco Núñez de Balboa, and Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino. After him are Michael Wolgemut, Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua, Juan de Flandes, Maddalena de' Medici, Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, and Hōjō Sōun.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Tetzel ranks 825 out of 7,253. Before him are Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (1869), Arthur Nebe (1894), Friedrich List (1789), Wilhelm Bittrich (1894), Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg (1414), and Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (1636). After him are Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852), Carl Spitzweg (1808), Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750), Wilhelm Hauff (1802), Ludwig Quidde (1858), and Wolfgang Schäuble (1942).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Johann Tetzel ranks 18. Before him are Bruno of Cologne (1030), Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774), Rabanus Maurus (780), Conrad Schumann (1942), Albert of Brandenburg (1490), and Nicolaus Zinzendorf (1700). After him are Gertrude the Great (1256), Gerhard Ludwig Müller (1947), Margot Frank (1926), Mechtilde (1241), Therese Neumann (1898), and Georg Ratzinger (1924).

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