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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Benedict the Moor

1526 - 1589

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Benedict the Moor (Italian: Benedetto il Moro; 1526 – 4 April 1589) was a Sicilian Franciscan friar. Born of enslaved Africans in San Fratello, he was freed at birth and became known for his charity. As a young man he joined a Franciscan-affiliated hermit group, of which he became the leader. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benedict the Moor has received more than 192,509 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Benedict the Moor is the 1,020th most popular religious figure (down from 964th in 2019), the 1,469th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,466th in 2019) and the 318th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Benedict the Moor ranks 1,020 out of 2,238Before him are Ibn Qutaybah, Al-Tabarani, Isma'il ibn Ja'far, Jayadeva, Simeon Stylites the Younger, and Euthymius the Great. After him are Adalbert of Magdeburg, Walter Kasper, Nicanor the Deacon, Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, Mary Jane Kelly, and Arsenius the Great.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1526, Benedict the Moor ranks 8Before him are Akechi Mitsuhide, Catherine Jagiellon, Elizabeth of Austria, Rafael Bombelli, Augustus, Elector of Saxony, and Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. After him are Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz, Bâkî, and Juan Fernández Navarrete. Among people deceased in 1589, Benedict the Moor ranks 6Before him are Catherine de' Medici, Henry III of France, Jacques Clément, Christophe Plantin, and Alessandro Farnese. After him are Johannes Sturm, Anna Maria of the Palatinate, Bernard Palissy, Michael Baius, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, and Heo Nanseolheon.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Benedict the Moor ranks 1,469 out of 4,668Before him are Ubertino of Casale (1259), Rinaldo d'Este (1655), Giovanni Villani (1276), Aurelia Cotta (-120), Marcia (200), and Alvise Cadamosto (1432). After him are Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (1412), John Parricida (1290), Enzo Bearzot (1927), Marisa Pavan (1932), Joe D'Amato (1936), and Philip I, Prince of Taranto (1278).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Benedict the Moor ranks 318Before him are Paula of Rome (347), Vincent Pallotti (1795), Gianna Beretta Molla (1922), Lawrence of Brindisi (1559), Ascanio Sforza (1455), and Augustine of Canterbury (510). After him are Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi (1566), Arsenius the Great (354), Catherine of Genoa (1447), Saint Chrysogonus (250), Henry Benedict Stuart (1725), and Paul of the Cross (1694).