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Peter Jan Beckx

1795 - 1887

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Peter Jan Beckx, SJ (also Pieter Jan Beckx, in French Pierre Jean Beckx; 8 February 1795 – 4 March 1887) was a Belgian Jesuit priest, elected the twenty-second Superior-General of the Society of Jesus in 1853. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Jan Beckx is the 2,285th most popular religious figure (down from 2,134th in 2019), the 490th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 485th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Belgian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Peter Jan Beckx ranks 2,285 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Theonas of Alexandria, George II of Constantinople, Victor and Corona, Sadegh Khalkhali, Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious, and Bernhard II, Margrave of Baden-Baden. After him are David Wilkerson, Frei Galvão, Mangsong Mangtsen, Nicolò Longobardo, Camillo Caccia Dominioni, and Angelo Felici.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Peter Jan Beckx ranks 42. Before him are Heinrich Rose, Kondraty Ryleyev, Karl Ludwig Sand, Ghazi Muhammad, James Braid, and Joseph Böhm. After him are Arthur Morin, Joseph Bienaimé Caventou, Bernt Michael Holmboe, Charles Barry, Thomas Arnold, and Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger. Among people deceased in 1887, Peter Jan Beckx ranks 30. Before him are J. C. Jacobsen, Hippolyte Bayard, Ditlev Gothard Monrad, Coenraad Johannes van Houten, August von Werder, and August W. Eichler. After him are Otto Lesser, Alvan Clark, Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein, Louis Gallait, Joachim IV of Constantinople, and Lysander Spooner.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Peter Jan Beckx ranks 490 out of 1,190. Before him are Caspar Barlaeus (1584), Émile Grumiaux (1861), Georges Vantongerloo (1886), Adam van Noort (1562), André Cluytens (1905), and Ferdinand de Marsin (1656). After him are Louis Van Hege (1889), Léon Semmeling (1940), Daniël Heinsius (1580), Grégoire de Saint-Vincent (1584), Erwin Vandenbergh (1959), and Gerard de Lairesse (1640).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Belgium

Among religious figures born in Belgium, Peter Jan Beckx ranks 21. Before him are Rimbert (830), Désiré-Joseph Mercier (1851), Edward Schillebeeckx (1914), Leo Joseph Suenens (1904), Joseph Cardijn (1882), and Sigebert of Gembloux (1030). After him are Jean-Baptiste Janssens (1889), Jan Pieter Schotte (1928), and Abdelhamid Abaaoud (1987).

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