RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Peter Chanel

1803 - 1841

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Peter Louis Marie Chanel, SM (12 July 1803 – 28 April 1841), was a Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr. Chanel was a member of the Society of Mary and was sent as a missionary to Oceania. He arrived on the island of Futuna in November 1837. Chanel was clubbed to death in April 1841 at the instigation of a chief upset because his son had converted. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Peter Chanel is the 1,569th most popular religious figure (up from 1,885th in 2024), the 2,345th most popular biography from France (up from 3,132nd in 2019) and the 120th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Peter Chanel ranks 1,569 out of 3,187. Before him are Aqil ibn Abi Talib, Eunomius of Cyzicus, Sajah, Al-Shadhili, Prosper Grech, and Urraca of Zamora. After him are Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, Ivo of Chartres, Jubal, Federico Borromeo, George Martinuzzi, and Antoninus of Florence.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Peter Chanel ranks 29. Before him are C. L. Gloger, Robert Stephenson, Friedrich von Amerling, Muhammad IV of Morocco, John Ericsson, and Karl Gützlaff. After him are Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, Henry Darcy, John Sutter, Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, and Alexander von Nordmann. Among people deceased in 1841, Peter Chanel ranks 25. Before him are Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Jean Victoir Audouin, Minh Mạng, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, Bertrand Barère, and Aloysius Bertrand. After him are Felice Pasquale Baciocchi, Princess Augusta of Prussia, Franz Xaver von Baader, Agustín Gamarra, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, and Bernhard Romberg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Peter Chanel ranks 2,345 out of 6,770. Before him are Rudi Garcia (1964), Louis Delluc (1890), Louis Jouvet (1887), Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut (1294), Isaac the Blind (1160), and Matthias of Arras (1290). After him are Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron (1731), Ivo of Chartres (1040), Pierre Plantard (1920), François Hotman (1524), Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), and Michel de l'Hôpital (1505).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Peter Chanel ranks 120. Before him are Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange (1877), Robert Estienne (1503), Mamertus (401), Guillaume Dubois (1656), Urbain Grandier (1590), and Peter the Venerable (1092). After him are Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron (1731), Ivo of Chartres (1040), Jean Daniélou (1905), Peter Bartholomew (1100), Alfred Loisy (1857), and Abbo of Fleury (945).

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