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Paolo Giovio

1483 - 1552

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Paolo Giovio (also spelled Paulo Jovio; Latin: Paulus Jovius; 19 April 1483 – 11 December 1552) was an Italian physician, historian, biographer, and prelate. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paolo Giovio is the 1,091st most popular religious figure (down from 938th in 2019), the 1,477th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,357th in 2019) and the 332nd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Paolo Giovio ranks 1,091 out of 3,187Before him are William M. Branham, Ippolito de' Medici, Hatim al-Tai, Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova, Luis Ladaria Ferrer, and Franc Rode. After him are Eugène Tisserant, Al-Bayhaqi, Junípero Serra, Heinrich Bullinger, Abu Darda, and Piruz Nahavandi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1483, Paolo Giovio ranks 7Before him are Martin Luther, Raphael, Babur, Francesco Guicciardini, Francisco de Vitoria, and Ayas Mehmed Pasha. After him are Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Felice della Rovere, Gasparo Contarini, Jaime, Duke of Braganza, Simon Bening, and Nicolaus von Amsdorf. Among people deceased in 1552, Paolo Giovio ranks 8Before him are Katharina von Bora, Petrus Apianus, Guru Angad, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Basil Fool for Christ, and Sebastian Münster. After him are Olaus Petri, Antonio de Mendoza, Andreas Osiander, Pierre Attaingnant, Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg, and Qiu Ying.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Paolo Giovio ranks 1,477 out of 5,161Before him are Ippolito de' Medici (1511), Pier Angeli (1932), Giovanni Battista Amici (1786), Ruggero Deodato (1939), Andrea Alciato (1492), and Otto, Count of Savoy (1023). After him are Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1538), Bernardo Pasquini (1637), Leonardo Leo (1694), Joe D'Amato (1936), Giovanni il Popolano (1467), and Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg (1328).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Paolo Giovio ranks 332Before him are Tatiana of Rome (200), Saint Susanna (280), Saint Marcella (325), Saint Chrysogonus (250), Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi (1566), and Ippolito de' Medici (1511). After him are Fausto Sozzini (1539), Lucifer of Cagliari (201), Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (1838), Beniamino Stella (1941), Gianna Beretta Molla (1922), and Pierbattista Pizzaballa (1965).