RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Martin of Braga

520 - 580

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Saint Martin of Braga (in Latin Martinus Bracarensis, in Portuguese, known as Martinho de Dume c. 520–580 AD), also known as Saint Martin of Dumio, was an archbishop of Bracara Augusta in Gallaecia (now Braga in Portugal), a missionary, a monastic founder, and an ecclesiastical author. According to his contemporary, the historian Gregory of Tours, Martin was plenus virtutibus ("full of virtue") and in tantum se litteris imbuit ut nulli secundus sui temporis haberetur ("he so instructed himself in learning that he was considered second to none in his lifetime"). He was later canonized by the Catholic Church for his work in converting the inhabitants of Gallaecia to Chalcedonian Christianity, being granted the cognomen of "Apostle to the Suevi". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martin of Braga is the 1,103rd most popular religious figure (down from 1,045th in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Serbia (up from 85th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Serbian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Martin of Braga ranks 1,103 out of 3,187Before him are Piruz Nahavandi, Josip Bozanić, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam, Eustathius of Antioch, Jacques Paul Migne, and Fausto Sozzini. After him are Joseph II of Constantinople, Karekin II, Rahotep, Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, Gerard Majella, and Lucifer of Cagliari.

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Among people born in 520, Martin of Braga ranks 7Before him are Pope Pelagius II, Pope John III, Justin II, Tiberius II Constantine, Charibert I, and Emperor Sushun. After him are Paul the Silentiary, and Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma. Among people deceased in 580, Martin of Braga ranks 1After him are Paul the Silentiary, and Audovera.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Martin of Braga ranks 76 out of 661Before him are Vlade Divac (1968), Draga Mašin (1864), Vujadin Boškov (1931), Aşub Sultan (1627), Mihailo Obrenović (1823), and Saliha Sultan (1680). After him are Thomas Nagel (1937), Mirjana Marković (1942), Vuk Drašković (1946), Milunka Savić (1890), Gojko Mitić (1940), and Petar Stambolić (1912).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Serbia

Among religious figures born in Serbia, Martin of Braga ranks 3Before him are Jerome (345), and Saint Sava (1169). After him are Nikolaj Velimirović (1880), Irinej, Serbian Patriarch (1930), Sava II (1199), Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch (1961), Szilárd Bogdánffy (1911), and Robert Zollitsch (1938).