RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Prosper Guéranger

1805 - 1875

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Prosper Louis Pascal Guéranger (pronounced [pʁɔspe ɡeʁɑ̃ʒe]; 4 April 1805 – 30 January 1875) was a French priest and Benedictine monk, who served for nearly 40 years as the abbot of the monastery of Solesmes (which he founded among the ruins of a former priory at Solesmes). Through the new Abbey of Solesmes, he became the founder of the French Benedictine Congregation (now the Solesmes Congregation), which re-established Benedictine monastic life in France after it had been wiped out by the French Revolution. Guéranger was the author of The Liturgical Year, a popular commentary which covers every day of the Catholic Church's liturgical cycles in 15 volumes. He was well regarded by Pope Pius IX, and was a proponent of the dogmas of the Immaculate Conception and of papal infallibility. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prosper Guéranger is the 2,047th most popular religious figure (down from 1,946th in 2019), the 3,124th most popular biography from France (up from 3,220th in 2019) and the 166th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Prosper Guéranger ranks 2,047 out of 3,187. Before him are Theophan the Recluse, Ricardo María Carles Gordó, Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck, Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Sigitas Tamkevičius, and Angelo Dundee. After him are Henri Langlois, Jan Sarkander, Maria Giuseppa Robucci, Jan Łaski, Guido Marini, and James of Portugal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, Prosper Guéranger ranks 37. Before him are John O. Westwood, Alexander Braun, Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, Eugène Schneider, Mastoureh Ardalan, and Louise Bertin. After him are Wilhelm von Kaulbach, Gabriel Bibron, John Lloyd Stephens, Frederick Denison Maurice, Johann Friedrich Klotzsch, and Malek Jahan Khanom. Among people deceased in 1875, Prosper Guéranger ranks 46. Before him are Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain, Edgar Quinet, Marc Seguin, Eugène Schneider, Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, and Richard Christopher Carrington. After him are Georg Herwegh, Princess Alexandra of Bavaria, Charles Kingsley, Charles Elliot, Johann Karl Rodbertus, and Francisco Coll Guitart.

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In France

Among people born in France, Prosper Guéranger ranks 3,124 out of 6,770. Before him are Yves Robert (1920), Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Duval (1808), Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval (1715), François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie (1671), Victor Segalen (1878), and Robert Casadesus (1899). After him are Casimir Delavigne (1793), Jean Patou (1887), Lupus Servatus (805), Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544), Fernand Crommelynck (1886), and Marcel Boulenger (1873).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Prosper Guéranger ranks 166. Before him are Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans (1698), Émilie de Villeneuve (1811), Julie Billiart (1751), Gershom ben Judah (960), Peter Fourier (1565), and Jean-Pierre Ricard (1944). After him are Audomar (600), Bénézet (1165), Bertha of Kent (550), Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert (1796), Pierre Robert Olivétan (1505), and J. F. Oberlin (1740).

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