RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Louis Massignon

1883 - 1962

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Louis Massignon (25 July 1883 – 31 October 1962) was a French Catholic scholar of Islam and a pioneer of Catholic-Muslim mutual understanding. He was an influential figure in the twentieth century with regard to the Catholic Church's relationship with Islam and played a role in Islam being accepted as an Abrahamic faith among Catholics. Although a Catholic himself, he tried to understand Islam from within and thus had a great influence on the way Islam was seen in the West; among other things, he paved the way for a greater openness to dialogue inside the Catholic Church towards Islam. Some scholars maintain that his research, esteem for Islam and Muslims, and cultivation of key students in Islamic studies largely prepared the way for the positive vision of Islam articulated in the Lumen gentium and the Nostra aetate at the Second Vatican Council. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Massignon is the 1,636th most popular religious figure (down from 1,321st in 2019), the 2,473rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,149th in 2019) and the 133rd most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Louis Massignon ranks 1,636 out of 3,187. Before her are Celestino Aós Braco, Dunstan, Andrew Corsini, Andronicus of Pannonia, Joseph Genesius, and Stephen Pongracz. After her are Irmina of Oeren, Sheikh Said, Huldah, Robert W. McElroy, Victor Maurus, and An Shigao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Louis Massignon ranks 99. Before her are Sergey Belyavsky, Eugen Leviné, Joseph Stilwell, Dmitry Manuilsky, John Taylor, and Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko. After her are Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Nikolaos Plastiras, Bertram Ramsay, Fritz Gerlich, Ludwig Müller, and Ahmed Nihad. Among people deceased in 1962, Louis Massignon ranks 75. Before her are Henri Wallon, Antoine Pevsner, Richard Aldington, Enrico Mattei, Kirsten Flagstad, and Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. After her are Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, John Rimmer, Milan Vidmar, Michel de Ghelderode, Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, and Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Massignon ranks 2,473 out of 6,770. Before her are Christian Boltanski (1944), Charles IV, Duke of Alençon (1489), Jules Jamin (1818), François Berléand (1952), Bernardus Silvestris (1085), and Michel Leiris (1901). After her are Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux (1753), Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma (1940), Jean René Constant Quoy (1790), Christian Metz (1931), Joseph Paul-Boncour (1873), and Elena Poniatowska (1932).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Louis Massignon ranks 133. Before her are Julian the Hospitaller (700), Pierre de Castelnau (1170), Saint Martial (300), Germanus of Auxerre (378), Raymonde de Laroche (1882), and Aldegonde (639). After her are Bérenger Saunière (1852), Jeanne de Lestonnac (1556), Charles Lavigerie (1825), Marie of the Incarnation (1566), Jacques de Vitry (1170), and Judoc (600).

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