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Bernardino de Sahagún

1499 - 1590

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Bernardino de Sahagún (c. 1499 – 5 February 1590) was a Franciscan friar, missionary priest and pioneering ethnographer who participated in the Catholic evangelization of colonial New Spain (now Mexico). Born in Sahagún, Spain, in 1499, he journeyed to New Spain in 1529. He learned Nahuatl and spent more than 50 years in the study of Aztec beliefs, culture and history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernardino de Sahagún has received more than 394,748 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Bernardino de Sahagún is the 1,116th most popular writer (down from 1,000th in 2019), the 366th most popular biography from Spain (down from 317th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Spanish Writer.

Bernardino de Sahagún is most famous for his book, "Historia General de las Cosas de Nueva España," which is a compilation of Aztec culture, religion, and history.

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Notable Works

Sahagún para jovenes
1994
Historia de la conquista de México
1829
Primeros memoriales
Foreign Language Study
This is a full-color facsimile edition of Primeros Memoriales by Fray Bernardino de Sahagún and is a valuable document providing great understanding and knowledge of provincial Mesoamerican civilization.
1974
Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España
Aztec calendar
Description of ancient gods, feasts, festivals and astrology.
1829
Gliederung des alt-aztekischen Volks in Familie, Stand und Beruf
1952
Sterbende Götter und christliche Heilsbotschaft
1949

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bernardino de Sahagún ranks 1,116 out of 7,302. Before him are Camilla Collett, Ethel Voynich, Shi Nai'an, Ellen Key, Yakub Kolas, and Henri Michaux. After him are Zenodotus, Ernst Hanfstaengl, P. L. Travers, Alain-Fournier, Norman Mailer, and Antarah ibn Shaddad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1499, Bernardino de Sahagún ranks 8. Before him are Mary Boleyn, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Diane de Poitiers, Giulio Romano, Claude of France, and Peter of Alcantara. After him are Claude Garamond, Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, Maria Salviati, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Michiel Coxie, and Jan Łaski. Among people deceased in 1590, Bernardino de Sahagún ranks 8. Before him are Pope Sixtus V, Charles II, Archduke of Austria, Ambroise Paré, Archduchess Anna of Austria, Christina of Denmark, and Gioseffo Zarlino. After him are Francis Walsingham, Charles de Bourbon, Marietta Robusti, Frans Hogenberg, Giambattista Benedetti, and Maddalena Casulana.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Bernardino de Sahagún ranks 366 out of 3,355. Before him are Fernando Arrabal (1932), Ferdinand Columbus (1488), Gonzalo Pizarro (1510), Juana Enríquez (1425), José María Aznar (1953), and Fernando Torres (1984). After him are Ramiro I of Aragon (1008), Achila II (695), Juan de la Cosa (1460), Francisco Ferrer (1859), Ordoño II of León (873), and Erwig (642).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Bernardino de Sahagún ranks 40. Before him are Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867), Benito Pérez Galdós (1843), Garcilaso de la Vega (1501), Ruy González de Clavijo (1400), Joseph Karo (1488), and Fernando Arrabal (1932). After him are Rosalía de Castro (1837), Mercè Rodoreda (1908), Jacint Verdaguer (1845), Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1951), Javier Marías (1951), and Ildefonsus (607).

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