RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Roberto de Nobili

1577 - 1656

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Roberto de Nobili, SJ (1577 – 16 January 1656) was an Italian Jesuit priest who worked as a missionary in Southern India. He used novel methods to preach Christianity, adopting many local customs of India that were, in his view, not contrary to Christian principles. He also won papal approval for a policy of accommodation that allowed coverts to Christianity to continue to engage in Hindu practices deemed social practices rather than expressions of Hinduism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roberto de Nobili is the 2,703rd most popular religious figure (down from 2,624th in 2019), the 617th most popular biography from India (down from 614th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Roberto de Nobili ranks 2,703 out of 3,187. Before him are John Colet, Anselmo Lorenzo, Angelo Mai, Ratramnus, Cyril of Bulgaria, and Mara Takla Haymanot. After him are Cornelius Sim, Jose Advincula, Maria Katharina Kasper, Paul I of Constantinople, Pope Eumenes of Alexandria, and José Manuel Imbamba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1577, Roberto de Nobili ranks 19. Before him are Kobayakawa Hideaki, Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jacob Cats, Gerardus Vossius, Mario Minniti, and Nicolas Trigault.  Among people deceased in 1656, Roberto de Nobili ranks 16. Before him are Laurent de La Hyre, Andrea Falconieri, Dirck Hals, Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Massimo Stanzione, and Carlo Contarini. After him are Georg Calixtus, Francesco Cornaro, and Thomas Tomkins.

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In India

Among people born in India, Roberto de Nobili ranks 617 out of 1,861. Before him are Roshan Seth (1942), Firaq Gorakhpuri (1896), Waheeda Rehman (1938), John Shepherd-Barron (1925), Purushottam Das Tandon (1882), and Devika Rani (1908). After him are Sugathakumari (1934), Krishan Chander (1914), Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard (1858), Basawan (1560), P. Bhanumathi (1925), and Meira Kumar (1945).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Roberto de Nobili ranks 55. Before him are Telesphore Toppo (1939), Guru Har Krishan (1656), Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1863), Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805), Baselios Cleemis (1959), and Antony Padiyara (1921). After him are Chandramukhi Basu (1860), Mohan Bhagwat (1950), Mirza Tahir Ahmad (1928), Simon Pimenta (1920), Joseph Parecattil (1912), and Ravi Zacharias (1946).

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