RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Diego de Landa

1524 - 1579

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Diego de Landa Calderón, O.F.M. (12 November 1524 – 29 April 1579) was a Spanish Franciscan bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yucatán. He led a campaign against idolatry and human sacrifice. In doing so, he burned Maya manuscripts (codices) which contained knowledge of Maya religion and civilization, and the history of the American continent. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diego de Landa has received more than 358,142 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Diego de Landa is the 1,072nd most popular religious figure (down from 838th in 2019), the 506th most popular biography from Spain (down from 324th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

Diego de Landa was a Spanish poet who is most famous for his epic poem La Araucana.

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  • 58.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Diego de Landa ranks 1,072 out of 3,187. Before him are Stefan Wyszyński, Yolanda of Poland, Al-Shadhili, Felix of Cantalice, Valentin Haüy, and Shaykh Tusi. After him are Euthymius the Great, Jacob Baradaeus, Pope Sisinnius, Petar I Petrović-Njegoš, Anthony de Mello, and Balak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1524, Diego de Landa ranks 6. Before him are Selim II, Luís de Camões, Pierre de Ronsard, Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, and Joseph Nasi. After him are Louise Labé, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, Rani Durgavati, François Hotman, and Plautilla Nelli. Among people deceased in 1579, Diego de Landa ranks 6. Before him are Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, Joseph Nasi, Hans Staden, and Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. After him are Thomas Gresham, Ferenc Dávid, Vicente Juan Masip, Stanislaus Hosius, Simão Rodrigues, and Juan Fernández Navarrete.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Diego de Landa ranks 506 out of 3,355. Before him are García Ramírez of Navarre (1110), Juan de Grijalva (1480), Joaquín Turina (1882), Theudigisel (500), Beatrice of Castile (1293), and Hisham III of Córdoba (975). After him are Antonio Tejero (1932), Athanagild (517), Ulpia Marciana (48), Unai Emery (1971), Luis Ramírez de Lucena (1475), and Abu'l-Hasan Ali of Granada (1500).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Diego de Landa ranks 37. Before him are Antipope Clement VIII (1370), Peter Claver (1581), Hermenegild (564), Raymond Nonnatus (1204), Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado (1643), and Didacus of Alcalá (1400). After him are Beatus of Liébana (730), Fermin (272), Luis Ladaria Ferrer (1944), Clemente Domínguez y Gómez (1946), Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (1057), and Fernando Vérgez Alzaga (1945).

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