RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Josef Beran

1888 - 1969

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Josef Beran (29 December 1888 – 17 May 1969) was a Czech Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Prague from 1946 until his death. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965. Adam Beran was imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp during World War II after the Nazis had targeted him for "subversive and dangerous" behavior where he almost died in 1943 due to disease. He was freed in 1945 upon Allied liberation and Pope Pius XII nominated him to head the Prague archdiocese. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Beran is the 2,020th most popular religious figure (down from 1,861st in 2019), the 361st most popular biography from Czechia (up from 364th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Czech Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Josef Beran ranks 2,020 out of 3,187. Before him are Serafino Vannutelli, Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, Cuthbert, Taisen Deshimaru, Anatolius of Laodicea, and Bernward of Hildesheim. After him are Eugenios Voulgaris, Jeralean Talley, Baba Sali, Richard of Chichester, Saint Pothinus, and Melchior Grodziecki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Josef Beran ranks 118. Before him are James Waddell Alexander II, Sophus Nielsen, Kaarel Eenpalu, Marcel L'Herbier, Ramón Gómez de la Serna, and Archduchess Isabella of Austria. After him are Hans Graf von Sponeck, Friedrich Wolf, Sigfried Giedion, Joachim Lemelsen, Árpád Szakasits, and Francisco Canaro. Among people deceased in 1969, Josef Beran ranks 108. Before him are Nicolas Grunitzky, Maureen Connolly, Leonard Woolf, Volmari Iso-Hollo, Angelina Beloff, and Ismail al-Azhari. After him are Constantin Ion Parhon, Lajos Czeizler, Mutesa II of Buganda, Adolfo Consolini, Krzysztof Komeda, and Peter van Eyck.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Beran ranks 361 out of 1,200. Before him are Saul Friedländer (1932), Anne of Bohemia, Duchess of Silesia (1204), Jaromír Jágr (1972), Jiří Holeček (1944), Josef Škvorecký (1924), and Petr Chelčický (1390). After him are Jiří Kylián (1947), Václav Talich (1883), Tom Stoppard (1937), Melchior Grodziecki (1584), Fritz Mauthner (1849), and Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe (1868).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Czechia

Among religious figures born in Czechia, Josef Beran ranks 14. Before him are Dominik Duka (1943), Gorazd (1879), Miloslav Vlk (1932), Procopius of Sázava (970), Zdislava Berka (1215), and Anne of Bohemia, Duchess of Silesia (1204). After him are Melchior Grodziecki (1584), Maria Restituta Kafka (1894), Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn (1844), Friedrich Gustav Piffl (1864), Vladimír Holan (1905), and John Neumann (1811).

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