RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pierre Pigneau de Behaine

1741 - 1799

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Pierre Joseph Georges Pigneau (2 November 1741 – 9 October 1799), commonly known as Pigneau de Béhaine (French: [piɲo də be.ɛn]), also Pierre Pigneaux, Bá Đa Lộc ("Pedro" 百多祿), Bách Đa Lộc (伯多祿) and Bi Nhu ("Pigneau" 悲柔), was a French Roman Catholic bishop best known for his role in assisting Nguyễn Ánh (later Emperor Gia Long) to establish the Nguyễn dynasty in Vietnam after the Tây Sơn rebellion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Pigneau de Behaine is the 2,141st most popular religious figure (down from 1,750th in 2019), the 3,278th most popular biography from France (down from 2,928th in 2019) and the 176th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine ranks 2,141 out of 3,187. Before him are Egbert, Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo, Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow, Wincenty Kadłubek, Theodore of Tarsus, and Innocent of Alaska. After him are Geraldo Majella Agnelo, Subhūti, Ludwig Kaas, Theodore Romzha, Wolfgang Capito, and Nagasena.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine ranks 20. Before him are Jean-Antoine Houdon, Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Augustin Barruel, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, and Arthur Young. After him are Ivan Gudovich, José Cadalso, William Withering, Carl Hindenburg, Franciszek Karpiński, and Charles Willson Peale. Among people deceased in 1799, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine ranks 27. Before him are Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Marcus Elieser Bloch, Claude Balbastre, Pierre Charles Le Monnier, Patrick Henry, and Johann Hedwig. After him are William Curtis, Jean-Étienne Montucla, Giuseppe Parini, Johann Julius Walbaum, Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, and William Withering.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine ranks 3,278 out of 6,770. Before him are Marie-Denise Villers (1774), John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (1373), Emmanuel de Martonne (1873), Jean Desmarets (1595), Anne Hilarion de Tourville (1642), and Ernest Duchesne (1874). After him are Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (1908), Michel Aumont (1936), René de Froulay de Tessé (1648), Wolfgang Capito (1478), Jean-Jacques Marcel (1931), and Jean Leray (1906).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine ranks 176. Before him are Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert (1796), Pierre Robert Olivétan (1505), J. F. Oberlin (1740), Flodoard (894), Pasquier Quesnel (1634), and Fernando Ocáriz Braña (1944). After him are Wolfgang Capito (1478), Hilary of Arles (401), Jacques Marquette (1637), François de Tournon (1489), Jacques Hamel (1930), and Bernard Panafieu (1931).

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