RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Richard Simon

1638 - 1712

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Richard Simon CO (13 May 1638 – 11 April 1712), was a French priest, a member of the Oratorians, who was an influential biblical critic, orientalist and controversialist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Simon is the 1,845th most popular religious figure (up from 1,957th in 2019), the 2,818th most popular biography from France (up from 3,240th in 2019) and the 151st most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Richard Simon ranks 1,845 out of 3,187. Before him are Miloslav Vlk, Callistus I of Constantinople, Saint Alban, Josep Maria Mauri, Macarius of Jerusalem, and Lipit-Ishtar. After him are Ithamar, Hanshan, Raimon Panikkar, Federico Lombardi, Andrew Avellino, and Anastasia the Patrician.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1638, Richard Simon ranks 19. Before him are Frederik Ruysch, Christoph Cellarius, Carlo Fontana, Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg, Gerrit Berckheyde, and Pierre Magnol. After him are John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen, Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow, and Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena. Among people deceased in 1712, Richard Simon ranks 16. Before him are Nicolas Catinat, Tokugawa Ienobu, Jan van der Heyden, Nehemiah Grew, Bahadur Shah I, and Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow. After him are Juan Bautista Cabanilles, Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Jan Luyken, Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt, Rabia Sultan, and Baltacı Mehmet Pasha.

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In France

Among people born in France, Richard Simon ranks 2,818 out of 6,770. Before him are Bernard de Montfaucon (1655), Cécile Aubry (1928), Maurice Joly (1829), Jacques Ozanam (1640), Marie-Thérèse Walter (1909), and Georges Wilson (1921). After him are Daniel Buren (1938), Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737), Lionel Terray (1921), Françoise Dolto (1908), Andréa Ferréol (1947), and Catherine Charlotte de Gramont (1639).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Richard Simon ranks 151. Before him are Albert Vanhoye (1923), Louis Billot (1846), Louis Antoine de Noailles (1651), John Francis Regis (1597), Albinus of Angers (470), and Bernard de Montfaucon (1655). After him are Saint Faith (290), Jean du Bellay (1492), Jean du Vergier de Hauranne (1581), Érard de la Marck (1472), Peter Julian Eymard (1811), and Sulpitius the Pious (576).

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