RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Maironis

1862 - 1932

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Maironis (born Jonas Mačiulis, Lithuanian: Jonas Mačiulis, Polish: Jan Maculewicz; 2 November [O.S. 21 October] 1862 – 28 June 1932) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest and the greatest and most-known Lithuanian poet, especially of the period of the Lithuanian press ban. He was called the Bard of Lithuanian National Revival (Tautinio atgimimo dainius). Maironis was active in public life. However, the Lithuanian literary historian Juozas Brazaitis writes that Maironis was not. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maironis is the 2,512th most popular religious figure (down from 2,419th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 125th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Lithuanian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Maironis ranks 2,512 out of 3,187. Before him are Guido del Mestri, Thomas Kingo, Chaim Kanievsky, Sérgio da Rocha, Rupert Mayer, and Proterius of Alexandria. After him are Amatus of Montecassino, Ibas of Edessa, Diogenes of Byzantium, Zacharias Ursinus, Mariam Thresia Chiramel, and Norberto Rivera Carrera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Maironis ranks 108. Before him are Abram Arkhipov, Teresa Claramunt Creus, Wilhelm Solf, John de Robeck, Damrong Rajanubhab, and Robert Ford. After him are Meliton Balanchivadze, Milenko Radomar Vesnić, Hugo Erdmann, Edward Granville Browne, Florence Bascom, and Ida B. Wells. Among people deceased in 1932, Maironis ranks 93. Before him are Charles Fort, Lipót Baumhorn, Gertrude Jekyll, Major Taylor, Hafez Ibrahim, and Zhang Zongchang. After him are Herbert Norkus, Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Carmen de Burgos, Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria, Hart Crane, and Howard Valentine.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Maironis ranks 119 out of 328. Before him are Virgilijus Alekna (1972), Romas Kalanta (1953), Yakov Smushkevich (1902), Jonas Staugaitis (1868), Osip Piatnitsky (1882), and Władysław Kozakiewicz (1953). After him are Aharon Barak (1936), Jacques Sernas (1925), Joe Slovo (1926), Michał Elwiro Andriolli (1836), Emil Młynarski (1870), and Žemaitė (1845).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Lithuania

Among religious figures born in Lithuania, Maironis ranks 7. Before him are Audrys Bačkis (1937), Elazar Shach (1898), Jerzy Radziwiłł (1556), Sigitas Tamkevičius (1938), Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius (1871), and Raphael Kalinowski (1835). After him are Henryk Gulbinowicz (1923), Vincentas Sladkevičius (1920), and Ignaty Krachkovsky (1883).

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