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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 367,961 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Bernardino de Sahagún is the 1,002nd most popular writer (up from 1,149th in 2019), the 317th most popular biography from Spain (up from 351st in 2019) and the 34th 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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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.56

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  • 2.87

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bernardino de Sahagún ranks 1,002 out of 5,755. Before him are Zelda Fitzgerald, Zhuanxu, Franz Grillparzer, Pierre-Jean de Béranger, Pierre Louÿs, and Jorge Semprún. After him are Jean Moréas, Bernard Cornwell, Andrew of Crete, Nicolas Chamfort, Ernesto Sabato, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1499, Bernardino de Sahagún ranks 7. Before him are Pope Pius IV, Mary Boleyn, Claude of France, Diane de Poitiers, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, and Giulio Romano. After him are Peter of Alcantara, Claude Garamond, Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, Michiel Coxie, Maria Salviati, and Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo. Among people deceased in 1590, Bernardino de Sahagún ranks 7. Before him are Pope Urban VII, Pope Sixtus V, Charles II, Archduke of Austria, Ambroise Paré, Christina of Denmark, and Archduchess Anna of Austria. After him are Gioseffo Zarlino, Francis Walsingham, Charles de Bourbon, Archduchess Magdalena of Austria, Giambattista Benedetti, and Leone Leoni.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Bernardino de Sahagún ranks 317 out of 2,932. Before him are Eduardo Martínez Somalo (1927), Ferdinand II of León (1137), Blanche II of Navarre (1424), Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453), Al-Hakam I (770), and Jorge Semprún (1923). After him are Juana Enríquez (1425), Maria Anna of Spain (1606), Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436), Isidore the Laborer (1080), Gonzalo Pizarro (1510), and John of Austria the Younger (1629).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Bernardino de Sahagún ranks 34. Before him are Abraham Abulafia (1240), Benito Pérez Galdós (1843), Juan Antonio Villacañas (1922), Garcilaso de la Vega (1501), Prudentius (348), and Jorge Semprún (1923). After him are Mercè Rodoreda (1908), Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867), Joan Fuster (1922), Fernando Arrabal (1932), Rosalía de Castro (1837), and Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939).

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