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Famous People Who Died in 1253

  • Apr 22 Elias van Cortona, Italian general (1232-39), dies at ~53
  • Jul 8 Theobald de Champagne, French ruler (Count of Champagne; King of Navarre, 1234-53), poet, and troubadour, dies at 52
  • Aug 11 Saint Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi and founder of the Order of Poor Ladies (the Poor Clares), dies at 59
  • Sep 22 Dōgen, Japanese Buddhist priest and founder of the Sōtō school of Zen, dies at 53
  • Oct 9 Robert Grosseteste, English scientist, scholastic philosopher, theologian and Bishop of Lincoln, dies at around 78
  • Nov 29 Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1206)