RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Cristóvão Ferreira

1580 - 1650

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Cristóvão Ferreira (c. 1580–1650) was a Portuguese Catholic priest and Jesuit missionary who committed apostasy after being captured and tortured during the anti-Christian purges in 17th-century Japan. During the Tokugawa shogunate, Christian missionaries and their Japanese followers were persecuted, arrested and executed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cristóvão Ferreira has received more than 596,629 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Cristóvão Ferreira is the 1,234th most popular religious figure, the 148th most popular biography from Portugal and the 5th most popular Portuguese Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Cristóvão Ferreira ranks 1,234 out of 3,187. Before him are Jozef Tomko, 'Abd Allah ibn Rawahah, Saint Homobonus, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Maria Domenica Mazzarello, and Peter the Venerable. After him are Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, Ahijah the Shilonite, Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Hujr ibn Adi, Vitalis of Milan, and Johann Arndt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1580, Cristóvão Ferreira ranks 10. Before him are John Smith, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Ernst von Mansfeld, Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Gabriel Bethlen, and Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc. After him are Augusta of Denmark, Andrea Falconieri, Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania, Ustad Ahmad Lahori, Pierre Vernier, and Daniël Heinsius. Among people deceased in 1650, Cristóvão Ferreira ranks 9. Before him are William II, Prince of Orange, Tukaram, Christoph Scheiner, Matthäus Merian, Bernhardus Varenius, and Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency. After him are Catalina de Erauso, Hanzade Sultan, Jean Rotrou, Claude Favre de Vaugelas, Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl, and Manuel Cardoso.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Cristóvão Ferreira ranks 148 out of 633. Before him are Félix Mourinho (1938), Pêro da Covilhã (1450), Pedro Mascarenhas (1484), Manuel Gomes da Costa (1863), Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile (1313), and Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1455). After him are Beatrice of Silva (1424), Mafalda of Portugal (1197), Isabel of Barcelos (1402), Américo Lopes (1933), Paula Rego (1935), and Eduardo Souto de Moura (1952).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Portugal

Among religious figures born in Portugal, Cristóvão Ferreira ranks 5. Before him are Anthony of Padua (1195), Pope John XXI (1215), Sister Lúcia (1907), and John of God (1495). After him are Beatrice of Silva (1424), Alexandrina of Balazar (1904), José Saraiva Martins (1932), Pelagio Galvani (1165), John de Britto (1647), Manuel Clemente (1948), and Manuel Monteiro de Castro (1938).

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