RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Nicholas Tavelic

1340 - 1391

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Nicholas Tavelic, O.F.M. (Croatian: Nikola Tavelić), was a Croatian Friar Minor, priest and missionary who was the leader of a group of friars who died a martyr's death in Jerusalem on November 14, 1391. He was beatified along with his companions, who included friars from Italy and France. All four members of his group have since been declared saints by the Catholic Church, making Tavelic the first canonized Croatian saint. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicholas Tavelic is the 2,547th most popular religious figure (down from 1,729th in 2019), the 237th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 155th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Croatian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Nicholas Tavelic ranks 2,547 out of 3,187. Before him are Junia Tertia, Giovanni Cagliero, Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi, Austromoine, Elsa Brändström, and Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow. After him are Antonio Riberi, Lugalanda, Elio Toaff, Narcissus of Jerusalem, Eugenio Tosi, and Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1340, Nicholas Tavelic ranks 13. Before him are Peter II, Count of Alençon, Theophanes the Greek, Hasdai Crescas, Geert Groote, Stephen of Perm, and Eleanor of Arborea. After him are Theodora Kantakouzene, Jacopo da Bologna, Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, and Margaret Drummond, Queen of Scotland. Among people deceased in 1391, Nicholas Tavelic ranks 8. Before him are Tvrtko I of Bosnia, Nicholas Kabasilas, Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy, Uliana of Tver, Muhammad V of Granada, and Gaston III, Count of Foix.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Nicholas Tavelic ranks 237 out of 700. Before him are Đurđica Bjedov (1947), Mirko Marjanović (1937), Hrvoje Šarinić (1935), Đuro Kurepa (1907), Dimitrija Demeter (1811), and Milan Šufflay (1879). After him are Antun Gustav Matoš (1873), Giovanni Arpino (1927), Goran Višnjić (1972), Zvonimir Soldo (1967), Ivan Gubijan (1923), and Josip Filipović (1818).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Croatia

Among religious figures born in Croatia, Nicholas Tavelic ranks 16. Before him are Julian of Antioch (231), Quirinus of Sescia (300), Marko Krizin (1589), Maximianus of Ravenna (499), Franjo Kuharić (1919), and Marco Antonio de Dominis (1560). After him are Augustin Kažotić (1260).

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