# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/franz-xaver-nies
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:53:28.443Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/franz-xaver-nies"
name: "Franz Xaver Nies"
slug: "franz-xaver-nies"
description: "Franz Xaver Nies was a German Catholic missionary of the Society of the Divine Word in Shandong during the late 19th century. Together with his fellow missionary Richard Henle, he was killed in the Juye Incident that led to the German occupation of the Kiautschou Bay concession and was followed by the acquisition of concessions in China by other foreign powers."
tagline: "German missionary and priest"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francis_Xavier_Nies.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1859-06-11"
deathDate: "1897-11-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.51
  momentum:             3.428571428571429
  historical:           5.672102666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Xaver_Nies"
    title: "Franz Xaver Nies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Xaver_Nies"
    title: "Franz Xaver Nies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Xaver_Nies"
    title: "Franz Xaver Nies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%83%BD%E6%96%B9%E6%B5%8E"
    title: "能方济"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Xaver_Nies"
    title: "Franz Xaver Nies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Xaver_Nies"
    title: "Franz Xaver Nies"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14947469"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump