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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 309,576 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros is the 837th most popular religious figure (down from 747th in 2019), the 320th most popular biography from Spain (down from 284th in 2019) and the 25th 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 837 out of 2,238. Before him are Conrad Schumann, Antipope Gregory VIII, Eugenia of Rome, Fatimah bint Asad, Ebussuud Efendi, and Gerard of Csanád. After him are Giuseppe Bertello, Abdullah ibn Salam, Isidore the Laborer, Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Pope Leo VIII, and Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir.

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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, Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Fra Bartolomeo, and Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha. After him are Catherine of Navarre, Gioffre Borgia, Heinrich Isaac, Dayan Khan, Tuman bay II, Cima da Conegliano, and Francesco Francia.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros ranks 320 out of 2,932. Before him are Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453), Al-Hakam I (770), Jorge Semprún (1923), Bernardino de Sahagún (1499), Juana Enríquez (1425), and Maria Anna of Spain (1606). After him are Isidore the Laborer (1080), Gonzalo Pizarro (1510), John of Austria the Younger (1629), Diego de Landa (1524), Ruy López de Segura (1530), and Ferdinand Columbus (1488).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros ranks 25. Before him are Joan Enric Vives Sicília (1949), Eulalia of Mérida (290), Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (1626), Raymond of Penyafort (1175), Francisco Álvarez Martínez (1925), and Eduardo Martínez Somalo (1927). After him are Isidore the Laborer (1080), Diego de Landa (1524), Peter of Alcantara (1499), John of Ávila (1500), Antipope Clement VIII (1370), and Al-Qurtubi (1214).

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