RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Moses Isserles

1520 - 1572

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Moses Isserles (Hebrew: משה בן ישראל איסרלישׂ; Polish: Mojżesz ben Israel Isserles; 22 February 1530 / 25 Adar I 5290 – 11 May 1572 / 18 Iyar 5332), also known by the acronym Rema, was an eminent Polish Ashkenazi rabbi, talmudist, and posek (expert in Jewish law). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Moses Isserles is the 1,941st most popular religious figure (down from 1,579th in 2019), the 603rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 533rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Polish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Moses Isserles ranks 1,941 out of 3,187. Before him are Pinedjem II, Chromatius, Érard de la Marck, Carlo Caffarra, Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg, and Tlacaelel. After him are Alessandro Albani, Swaminarayan, Simon Kimbangu, Francesco Coccopalmerio, Babylas of Antioch, and Fadl ibn Abbas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1520, Moses Isserles ranks 19. Before him are Pontus De la Gardie, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Pedro Cieza de León, Aben Humeya, Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, and Diego de Almagro II. After him are Isabella di Morra, Estácio de Sá, Giovanni Animuccia, Adam Bohorič, Girolamo Cassar, and Wacław of Szamotuły. Among people deceased in 1572, Moses Isserles ranks 20. Before him are Miguel López de Legazpi, Petrus Ramus, Archduchess Barbara of Austria, Jean Goujon, Claude Goudimel, and Ippolito II d'Este. After him are Petar Hektorović, Galeazzo Alessi, Aegidius Tschudi, and Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Moses Isserles ranks 603 out of 1,694. Before him are Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788), Józef Maria Bocheński (1902), Peter Berling (1934), Aleksander Wolszczan (1946), Joachim Lelewel (1786), and Xaver Scharwenka (1850). After him are Tadeusz Różewicz (1921), Rafał Trzaskowski (1972), Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727), Sholem Asch (1880), Mieczysław Rakowski (1926), and Michael O. Rabin (1931).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, Moses Isserles ranks 25. Before him are Wolf Messing (1899), Stanisława Leszczyńska (1896), Emil Krebs (1867), John Albert Vasa (1612), Andrew Bobola (1591), and Caspar Schwenckfeld (1490). After him are Kazimierz Nycz (1950), Stanislaus Hosius (1504), Jan Sarkander (1576), Jan Łaski (1499), Józef Glemp (1929), and August Hlond (1881).

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