RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Michele Rua

1837 - 1910

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Michele Rua (English: Michael Rua; 9 June 1837 – 6 April 1910) was an Italian Catholic priest and professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Rua was a student under Don Bosco and was also the latter's first collaborator in the order's founding as well as one of his closest friends. He served as the first Rector Major of the Salesians following Bosco's death in 1888. He was responsible for the expansion of the Salesians and the order had grown to a significant degree around the world at the time he died. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michele Rua is the 2,337th most popular religious figure (down from 1,776th in 2019), the 3,028th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,544th in 2019) and the 491st most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Michele Rua ranks 2,337 out of 3,187Before him are Zenobius of Florence, Christoph Bernhard von Galen, Francesco Moraglia, Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn, Parmenas, and Arthur Roche. After him are Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, Louis Bourdaloue, Antoine Kambanda, Samuel Wilson, Constantine Leichoudes, and Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Michele Rua ranks 71Before him are Ernst Ziller, Dwight L. Moody, Anna Filosofova, Sanjō Sanetomi, Walter Hauser, and Georg Ossian Sars. After him are Henry Becque, Joachim IV of Constantinople, Alphonse Legros, Tony Robert-Fleury, Amelia Dyer, and Tigran Chukhajian. Among people deceased in 1910, Michele Rua ranks 68Before him are Jorge Chávez, Édouard Colonne, George Turner, Kurd Lasswitz, Bertalan Székely, and Kálmán Mikszáth. After him are Vera Komissarzhevskaya, Pedro Montt, Constantin Fahlberg, Fredrik von Otter, Knut Ångström, and Julien Dupré.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Michele Rua ranks 3,028 out of 5,161Before him are Antonio Bertali (1605), Francesco Manfredini (1684), Angelo Iachino (1889), Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso (1808), Giuseppe Valadier (1762), and Giovanna Ralli (1935). After him are Alberico Gentili (1552), Inigo Campioni (1878), Caterina Visconti (1360), Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte (1851), Franca Rame (1929), and Nino Cerruti (1930).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Michele Rua ranks 491Before him are Camillo Caccia Dominioni (1877), Fortunato Baldelli (1935), Vincenzo Carafa (1594), Benedict Menni (1841), Zenobius of Florence (337), and Francesco Moraglia (1953). After him are Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte (1851), Bruno Platter (1944), Peter Martyr Vermigli (1499), Jacopo Sadoleto (1477), Ricardo Ezzati Andrello (1942), and Domenico Mezzadri (1867).