RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Peter Fourier

1565 - 1640

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Peter Fourier (French: Pierre Fourier, pronounced [fuʁje]; 30 November 1565 – 9 December 1640) was a French canon regular who is honored as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Foregoing offers of high office, he served for many years as a pastor in the village of Mattaincourt in the Vosges. He was a strong proponent of free education and also helped to found a religious congregation of canonesses regular dedicated to the care of poor children, developing a new pedagogy for this. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Fourier is the 2,013th most popular religious figure (down from 1,740th in 2019), the 3,084th most popular biography from France (down from 2,912th in 2019) and the 164th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Peter Fourier ranks 2,013 out of 3,187. Before him are Friar Julian, John Scholasticus, Alexius of Constantinople, Gershom ben Judah, Carlo Acutis, and Alojs Andritzki. After him are Serafino Vannutelli, Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, Cuthbert, Taisen Deshimaru, Anatolius of Laodicea, and Bernward of Hildesheim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1565, Peter Fourier ranks 12. Before him are Cornelis de Houtman, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Reza Abbasi, Hendrick de Keyser, Edward Fortunatus, and Francesc Ribalta. After him are Ketevan the Martyr, Jacob de Gheyn II, Alessandro Tassoni, Nicolò Longobardo, and Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah. Among people deceased in 1640, Peter Fourier ranks 16. Before him are Jeanne de Lestonnac, Alessandro Salvio, Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Charles, Duke of Guise, John Francis Regis, and Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi. After him are Vittoria Aleotti, Mario Minniti, Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz, Paul Fleming, Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, and Philip Massinger.

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In France

Among people born in France, Peter Fourier ranks 3,084 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis Rosier (1905), Charles Despiau (1874), Marie-José Nat (1940), Gershom ben Judah (960), Alexis Korner (1928), and Lucien Gaudin (1886). After him are Bernard Werber (1961), Aemilia Hilaria (300), William of Conches (1080), Robert Garnier (1534), Pierre Wantzel (1814), and Jean-François de La Harpe (1739).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Peter Fourier ranks 164. Before him are Emmeram of Regensburg (600), François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis (1715), Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans (1698), Émilie de Villeneuve (1811), Julie Billiart (1751), and Gershom ben Judah (960). After him are Jean-Pierre Ricard (1944), Prosper Guéranger (1805), Audomar (600), Bénézet (1165), Bertha of Kent (550), and Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert (1796).

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