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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Didacus of Alcalá

1400 - 1463

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Didacus of Alcalá (Spanish: Diego de Alcalá), also known as Diego de San Nicolás, was a Spanish Franciscan lay brother who served as among the first group of missionaries to the newly conquered Canary Islands. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Didacus of Alcalá has received more than 457,600 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Didacus of Alcalá is the 1,186th most popular religious figure (up from 1,331st in 2019), the 573rd most popular biography from Spain (up from 737th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

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  • 460k

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  • 56.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Didacus of Alcalá ranks 1,186 out of 2,238Before him are Charles de Bourbon, Śāntarakṣita, Jeremias II of Constantinople, Pope Theophilus of Alexandria, Xenia of Saint Petersburg, and Kashyapa. After him are John IV of Constantinople, Nimatullah Kassab, Beatrice of Silva, Marie Laveau, Antipope Victor IV, and Geert Groote.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1400, Didacus of Alcalá ranks 17Before him are Vladislav II of Wallachia, Hüma Hatun, Ruy González de Clavijo, Jang Yeong-sil, Doukas, and Dabiša of Bosnia. After him are Goharshad Begum, Dragoș, Voivode of Moldavia, John, Constable of Portugal, Charles I of Albret, Michael Szilágyi, and Johann Fust. Among people deceased in 1463, Didacus of Alcalá ranks 7Before him are François Villon, Marie of Anjou, Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia, David of Trebizond, Albert VI, Archduke of Austria, and Flavio Biondo. After him are Catherine of Bologna, John IV, Duke of Bavaria, Isidore of Kiev, and Mary of Guelders.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Didacus of Alcalá ranks 573 out of 2,932Before him are Juan Carreño de Miranda (1614), Javier Marías (1951), Verónica Forqué (1955), Gilbert Horal (1200), Juan Donoso Cortés (1809), and Abraham Zacuto (1452). After him are Abraham bar Hiyya (1070), Ali ibn Yusuf (1083), Reccared II (650), Sebastián Iradier (1809), Federico Mompou (1893), and Witteric (570).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Didacus of Alcalá ranks 44Before him are Anthony Mary Claret (1807), Fermin (272), Raymond Nonnatus (1204), Junípero Serra (1713), Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (1057), and Theodulf of Orléans (750). After him are Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi (1076), Luis Ladaria Ferrer (1944), Pedro Arrupe (1907), Diego Laynez (1512), Thomas of Villanova (1486), and Eulogius of Córdoba (810).