RELIGIOUS FIGURE

John de Britto

1647 - 1693

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John de Britto, SJ (also Brito; Portuguese: João de Brito; also known as Arul Anandar; 1 March 1647 – 4 February 1693) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary and an evangelist, often called "the Portuguese St. Francis Xavier" by Indian Catholics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John de Britto is the 1,406th most popular religious figure (up from 1,639th in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 207th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Portuguese Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, John de Britto ranks 1,406 out of 3,187. Before him are Ad-Darazi, Ibn Shihab az-Zuhri, Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Peter Nolasco, John X of Antioch, and Hegesippus. After him are Luigi Carlo Borromeo, Frederick William Franz, Hermenegild, Caesarius of Africa, John Carroll, and Eulogius of Alexandria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1647, John de Britto ranks 9. Before him are Pierre Bayle, Margaret Mary Alacoque, John George III, Elector of Saxony, Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, Suleiman of Persia, and Giovanni Ceva. After him are Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Constantine Phaulkon, Elisabeth Hevelius, William Louis, Duke of Württemberg, Petter Dass, and John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester. Among people deceased in 1693, John de Britto ranks 9. Before him are Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, Ihara Saikaku, Willem Kalf, Nicolaes Maes, and Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma. After him are Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Elisabeth Hevelius, Johann Caspar Kerll, John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Maria van Oosterwijck, and Laurent Cassegrain.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, John de Britto ranks 160 out of 633. Before him are Manuel Monteiro de Castro (1938), Ferdinand, Count of Flanders (1188), Álvaro Cunhal (1913), Cristóvão Ferreira (1580), Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499), and José Sócrates (1957). After him are José Mendes Cabeçadas (1883), Isabel of Barcelos (1402), Humberto Delgado (1906), Bruno Fernandes (1994), António de Abreu (1480), and Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja (1506).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Portugal

Among religious figures born in Portugal, John de Britto ranks 8. Before him are Pope John XXI (1215), Sister Lúcia (1907), John of God (1495), José Saraiva Martins (1932), Manuel Monteiro de Castro (1938), and Cristóvão Ferreira (1580). After him are Beatrice of Silva (1424), Pelagio Galvani (1165), António de Andrade (1580), José Policarpo (1936), Manuel Clemente (1948), and Alexandrina of Balazar (1904).

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