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Kimpa Vita

1684 - 1706

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Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita, also known as Kimpa Mvita, Cimpa Vita or Tsimpa Vita (1684 – 2 July 1706), was a Kongolese prophet and leader of her own Christian movement, Antonianism; this movement taught that Jesus and other early Christian figures were from the Kongo Kingdom. The name "Dona" indicates that she was born into a family of high Kongolese nobility; she was later given the name "Beatriz" after the Catholic saint. Her teaching grew out of the traditions of the Catholic Church in Kongo, and caused her to upbraid the Catholic priests for not believing as she did. Dona Beatriz believed the teachings of St. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kimpa Vita is the 1,923rd most popular religious figure (down from 1,536th in 2019). (down from 1,635th in 2019)

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Among religious figures, Kimpa Vita ranks 1,923 out of 3,187. Before her are Hans Tausen, George Pell, Hyacinth, Sergio Sebastiani, Ignatius Joseph III Yonan, and Brynjólfur Sveinsson. After her are Neferkasokar, Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, Jean du Bellay, Irenaios, Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, and Constantine.

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Among people born in 1684, Kimpa Vita ranks 12. Before her are Francesco Durante, Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, Johann Gottfried Walther, Jean Astruc, Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, and Jean-Baptiste van Loo. After her are Robert Maynard, Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, Matthias Bel, and Edward Vernon. Among people deceased in 1706, Kimpa Vita ranks 8. Before her are Pierre Bayle, Peter II of Portugal, 6th Dalai Lama, Georg Joseph Kamel, Arsenije III Čarnojević, and Rahman Baba. After her are Andreas Werckmeister, Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, John Evelyn, Fyodor Alexeyevich Golovin, Ferdinand de Marsin, and Tylman van Gameren.

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