RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros

1436 - 1517

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Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, OFM (1436 – 8 November 1517) was a Spanish cardinal, religious figure, and statesman. Starting from humble beginnings he rose to the heights of power, becoming a religious reformer, twice regent of Spain, Cardinal, Grand Inquisitor, promoter of the Crusades in North Africa, and founder of the Alcalá University. Among his intellectual accomplishments, he is best known for funding the Complutensian Polyglot Bible, the first printed polyglot version of the entire Bible. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros has received more than 332,258 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros is the 786th most popular religious figure (up from 829th in 2019), the 300th most popular biography from Spain (up from 320th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros was a Spanish Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, and Grand Inquisitor of Spain. He is most famous for his reforms to the Spanish Inquisition.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros ranks 786 out of 3,187. Before him are Hemma of Gurk, Jean Mabillon, József Mindszenty, Expeditus, Philip the Evangelist, and Robert de Sorbon. After him are Ubayy ibn Ka'b, William Tyndale, Augustine of Canterbury, Athenagoras of Athens, Anastasius of Persia, and Hippolytus of Rome.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1436, Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros ranks 2. Before him is Regiomontanus. After him are Leonardo Loredan, Francesco del Cossa, Tizoc, Louis of Cyprus, and Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset. Among people deceased in 1517, Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros ranks 5. Before him are Luca Pacioli, Fra Bartolomeo, Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, and Gioffre Borgia. After him are Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha, Tuman bay II, Catherine of Navarre, Dayan Khan, Heinrich Isaac, Cima da Conegliano, and Francisco Hernández de Córdoba.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros ranks 300 out of 3,355. Before him are Carles Rexach (1947), Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (1626), Isabella, Princess of Asturias (1851), Telmo Zarra (1921), Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964), and Yolande of Aragon (1384). After him are Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1877), Manolete (1917), Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain (1729), Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (1029), Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (1908), and Thérésa Tallien (1773).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros ranks 23. Before him are Josemaría Escrivá (1902), Joan Enric Vives Sicília (1949), Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía (1510), Eulalia of Mérida (290), Raymond of Penyafort (1175), and Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (1626). After him are Isidore the Laborer (1080), John of Ávila (1500), Al-Qurtubi (1214), Peter of Alcantara (1499), Eulalia of Barcelona (290), and Priscillian (340).

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