RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Philipp Spener

1635 - 1705

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Philipp Jakob Spener (23 January 1635 – 5 February 1705) was a German Lutheran theologian who essentially founded what became known as Pietism. He was later dubbed the "Father of Pietism". A prolific writer, his two main works, Pia desideria (1675) and Allgemeine Gottesgelehrtheit (1680), were published while he was the chief pastor in the Lutheran Church at Frankfurt. In 1691, he was invited to Berlin by the court of Brandenburg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philipp Spener is the 789th most popular religious figure (up from 874th in 2019), the 979th most popular biography from France (up from 1,258th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular French Religious Figure.

Philipp Spener is most famous for his book Pia Desideria, which discusses the need for a new kind of Christianity.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Philipp Spener ranks 789 out of 3,187. Before him are Phoebe, Nicholas Kabasilas, Antipope Laurentius, Agnes of Bohemia, Johann Tetzel, and Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur. After him are Isma'il ibn Ja'far, Cornelius the Centurion, Antipope Anacletus II, Gertrude the Great, Junia, and Stanislaus of Szczepanów.

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Among people born in 1635, Philipp Spener ranks 5. Before him are Robert Hooke, Henry Morgan, Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, and Johann Joachim Becher. After him are Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, François l'Olonnais, Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Zanabazar, Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy, and Philippe Quinault. Among people deceased in 1705, Philipp Spener ranks 7. Before him are Jacob Bernoulli, Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, Emeric Thököly, Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Luca Giordano, and Ninon de l'Enclos. After him are Catherine of Braganza, John Ray, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Madame d'Aulnoy, Pierre Beauchamp, and Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philipp Spener ranks 979 out of 6,770. Before him are Maria Malibran (1808), Jeanne d'Évreux (1310), Joseph Babinski (1857), Pierre Mignard (1612), Charles François Dumouriez (1739), and Geneviève Page (1927). After him are Jean-Pierre Melville (1917), Theodore Beza (1519), Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889), René Girard (1923), Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (1766), and Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (1772).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Philipp Spener ranks 52. Before him are Robert of Molesme (1024), Saint Remigius (437), Célestin Freinet (1896), Martin Bucer (1491), Victor of Aveyron (1793), and Lucile Randon (1904). After him are Roger Etchegaray (1922), Peter Faber (1506), Saint Eligius (588), Louise de Marillac (1591), Leonard of Noblac (496), and Robert de Sorbon (1201).

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