RELIGIOUS FIGURE

João I of Kongo

1470 - 1506

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King João I (born Nzinga-a-Nkuwu; c. 1440 – 1509) was the 5th ManiKongo of the Kingdom of Kongo (Kongo: Kongo-dia-Ntotila) between 1470 and 1509. He voluntarily converted to Catholicism. He was baptised on 3 May 1491 and took the Christian name of João. Soon after, ManiKongo Nzinga-a-Nkuwu João I abandoned the new faith for a number of reasons, one of them being the Catholic Church's requirement of monogamy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. João I of Kongo is the 1,727th most popular religious figure (down from 1,387th in 2019). (down from 1,411th in 2019)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, João I of Kongo ranks 1,727 out of 3,187. Before him are Ashkenaz, James Gibbons, Dashrath Manjhi, Lubaba bint al-Harith, Marie of the Incarnation, and Antonios Naguib. After him are Jerzy Radziwiłł, Hōjō Ujimasa, Paul Gallagher, Peter Schöffer, Ludwig Müller, and Teodolfo Mertel.

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Among people born in 1470, João I of Kongo ranks 20. Before him are Lucrezia de' Medici, Quli Qutb Shah, Tang Yin, Vincenzo Catena, Wen Zhengming, and Fernando de Rojas. After him are Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Bernardo Dovizi, Willibald Pirckheimer, Ludovico di Varthema, Gonzalo Guerrero, and Marco Basaiti. Among people deceased in 1506, João I of Kongo ranks 12. Before him are Alexander Jagiellon, Sesshū Tōyō, Sultan Husayn Bayqara, Alexander Agricola, Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu, and Sancha of Aragon. After him is Robert Henryson.

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