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Paolo Sarpi

1552 - 1623

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Paolo Sarpi, O.S.M. (14 August 1552 – 15 January 1623) was an Italian Servite friar and Catholic priest who was a notable historian, scientist, canon lawyer, polymath and statesman active on behalf of the Venetian Republic during the period of its successful defiance of the papal interdict (1605–1607) and its war (1615–1617) with Austria over the Uskok pirates. His writings, frankly polemical and highly critical of the Catholic Church and its Scholastic tradition, "inspired both Hobbes and Edward Gibbon in their own historical debunkings of priestcraft." Sarpi's major work, the History of the Council of Trent (1619), was published in London in 1619; other works: a History of Ecclesiastical Benefices, History of the Interdict and his Supplement to the History of the Uskoks, appeared posthumously. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paolo Sarpi is the 734th most popular philosopher (up from 750th in 2019), the 2,136th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,199th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Italian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Paolo Sarpi ranks 734 out of 1,267. Before him are Wang Fuzhi, Julien Benda, Zalmoxis, John Argyropoulos, Jerry Fodor, and Wolfhart Pannenberg. After him are Ludwig Klages, F. C. S. Schiller, Ferdinand Christian Baur, Menedemus, Hermias, and Ahmad al-Tayyeb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1552, Paolo Sarpi ranks 16. Before him are Edmund Spenser, Petrus Plancius, Agrippa d'Aubigné, Henri, Prince of Condé, Pietro Cataldi, and Dom Justo Takayama. After him are Anna of Cleves, Barbara Longhi, Marfa Sobakina, Richard Hakluyt, Alberico Gentili, and Edward Coke. Among people deceased in 1623, Paolo Sarpi ranks 12. Before him are William Byrd, Josaphat Kuntsevych, John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen, Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn, Uesugi Kagekatsu, and Domenico Fetti. After him are Kara Davud Pasha, Francisco Sanches, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, Philippe de Mornay, Antonio Priuli, and William Camden.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Paolo Sarpi ranks 2,136 out of 5,161. Before him are Hermocrates (-500), Moana Pozzi (1961), Tommaso Traetta (1727), Titus Lartius (-600), Caecilius Statius (-230), and Bramantino (1465). After him are Franco Interlenghi (1931), Cicero Minor (-65), Luigi Pulci (1432), Mia Martini (1947), Antipope Callixtus III (null), and Delio Onnis (1948).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Paolo Sarpi ranks 55. Before him are Nicola Abbagnano (1901), Hippo (-500), Cristoforo Landino (1424), Pantaenus (200), Antonio Rosmini (1797), and Francesco Algarotti (1712). After him are Philip of Opus (-400), Luigi Guido Grandi (1671), Ludovico Antonio Muratori (1672), Vincenzo Gioberti (1801), Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (1707), and John Italus (1025).

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