# Peter Canisius

> A Dutch Jesuit who became the Counter-Reformation's field general across German-speaking Europe, holding the line against Protestantism when Rome had nearly lost the continent.

*Dutch, Jesuit priest, Doctor of the Church, Roman Catholic saint*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/peter-canisius

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Netherlands
- **Born:** 1521-05-08
- **Died:** 1597-12-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born Pieter Kanis on 8 May 1521 in the Netherlands, he joined the Jesuits and spent decades moving through Germany, Austria, Bohemia, Moravia, Switzerland, and the British Isles—not as a theorist but as an operative, preaching, teaching, and rebuilding institutional Catholic presence where it had collapsed. The restoration of the Catholic Church in Germany is largely credited to the Jesuit campaign he led on the ground. He died on 21 December 1597, and the Church later named him both a saint and a Doctor—a rare title reserved for those whose writing shaped doctrine.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.5 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 22.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 24.3 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Doctors, #Academic, #Medicine, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Canisius)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44624)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Peter%20Canisius)
- [Пётар Канізі](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%91%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B7%D1%96)
- [Petrus Canisius](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Canisius)
- [Pere Canisi](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pere_Canisi)
- [Petr Canisius](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr_Canisius)
- [Petrus Canisius](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Canisius)
- [Petrus Canisius](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Canisius)
- [Pedro Canisio](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Canisio)
- [Pedro Canisio](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Canisio)
- [Petrus Canisius](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Canisius)
- [Pierre Canisius](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Canisius)
- [Peadar Canisius](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peadar_Canisius)
- [פטרוס קניזיוס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%96%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1)
- [Petar Kanizije](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petar_Kanizije)
- [Canisius Szent Péter](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canisius_Szent_P%C3%A9ter)
- [Պետրոս Կանիսիուս](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A5%D5%BF%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%BD_%D4%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD)
- [Petrus Kanisius](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Kanisius)
- [Pietro Canisio](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Canisio)
- [ペトルス・カニシウス](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9A%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9)
- [베드로 가니시오](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A0%EB%93%9C%EB%A1%9C_%EA%B0%80%EB%8B%88%EC%8B%9C%EC%98%A4)
- [Petrus Canisius](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Canisius)
- [Petrus Canisius](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Canisius)
- [Piotr Kanizjusz](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piotr_Kanizjusz)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Peter_Canisius)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pietro_Canisio)
- [پيتير كانيسيوس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3)
- [Petrus Canisius](https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Canisius)

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