RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Urbain Grandier

1590 - 1634

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Urbain Grandier (1590 – 18 August 1634) was a French Catholic priest who was burned at the stake after being convicted of witchcraft, following the events of the so-called "Loudun possessions". Most modern commentators have concluded that Grandier was the victim of a politically motivated persecution led by the powerful Cardinal Richelieu. The circumstances of Father Grandier's trial and execution have attracted the attention of writers Alexandre Dumas père, Eyvind Johnson, Aldous Huxley and the playwright John Whiting, filmmaker Ken Russell, composers like Krzysztof Penderecki and Peter Maxwell Davies, as well as historian Jules Michelet and various scholars of European witchcraft. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Urbain Grandier is the 1,516th most popular religious figure (down from 1,458th in 2019), the 2,265th most popular biography from France (up from 2,402nd in 2019) and the 118th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Urbain Grandier ranks 1,516 out of 3,187. Before him are Petar I Petrović-Njegoš, Guillaume Dubois, Wolfgang of Regensburg, José Sánchez del Río, Daniele Comboni, and Said ibn al-Musayyib. After him are Eudokia of Heliopolis, John Xiphilinus, Dawud al-Zahiri, Prince Oscar Bernadotte, Alexander of Jerusalem, and Petronius of Bologna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1590, Urbain Grandier ranks 10. Before him are Mahfiruz Hatun, Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Simon Vouet, William Bradford, Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw, and Gioachino Greco. After him are John Albert II, Yamada Nagamasa, Théophile de Viau, Jacob van Eyck, María de Zayas, and Daniel Seghers. Among people deceased in 1634, Urbain Grandier ranks 7. Before him are Albrecht von Wallenstein, Hendrick Avercamp, Adriano Banchieri, Ligdan Khan, Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Maria Celeste. After him are John Marston, António de Andrade, John Albert Vasa, Sophia of Holstein-Gottorp, John Webster, and Johann von Aldringen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Urbain Grandier ranks 2,265 out of 6,770. Before him are Marguerite of Lorraine (1615), Charles Cros (1842), Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1669), Jacques Collin de Plancy (1794), Fulbert of Chartres (960), and Bertrand Barère (1755). After him are Jean-Dominique Bauby (1952), William Iron Arm (1010), Paul Morand (1888), François-Xavier Fabre (1766), Pierre-Étienne Flandin (1889), and Peter I of Courtenay (1126).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Urbain Grandier ranks 118. Before him are Bernard of Menthon (923), Lothair II of Italy (1000), Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange (1877), Robert Estienne (1503), Mamertus (401), and Guillaume Dubois (1656). After him are Peter the Venerable (1092), Peter Chanel (1803), Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron (1731), Ivo of Chartres (1040), Jean Daniélou (1905), and Peter Bartholomew (1100).

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