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PHILOSOPHER

Francisco Suárez

1548 - 1617

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Francisco Suárez, (5 January 1548 – 25 September 1617) was a Spanish Jesuit priest, philosopher and theologian, one of the leading figures of the School of Salamanca movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Suárez has received more than 388,196 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Francisco Suárez is the 254th most popular philosopher (up from 319th in 2019), the 172nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 216th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Spanish Philosopher.

Francisco Suárez was a Spanish Jesuit priest and theologian. He is most famous for his work Defensio fidei catholicae, in which he defended the Catholic Church's teaching on the Eucharist.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Francisco Suárez ranks 254 out of 1,081Before him are Orosius, Jacques Maritain, Franz Brentano, Aśvaghoṣa, Vladimir Solovyov, and Prodicus. After him are Ram Mohan Roy, Hugh of Saint Victor, Ernst Bloch, Carneades, Nicole Oresme, and Alcmaeon of Croton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1548, Francisco Suárez ranks 4Before him are Giordano Bruno, Simon Stevin, and Tomás Luis de Victoria. After him are Vincenzo Scamozzi, Karel van Mander, Honda Tadakatsu, William V, Duke of Bavaria, Bianca Cappello, Fatma Sultan, Palma il Giovane, and Antonio Priuli. Among people deceased in 1617, Francisco Suárez ranks 5Before him are Ahmed I, Pocahontas, John Napier, and Rose of Lima. After him are Concino Concini, Emperor Go-Yōzei, Hendrik Goltzius, David Fabricius, 4th Dalai Lama, Fausto Veranzio, and Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Suárez ranks 172 out of 2,932Before him are John I of Castile (1358), Diego de Almagro (1475), Felipe VI of Spain (1968), Philip, Duke of Parma (1720), Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (1535), and Enrique Granados (1867). After him are Elizabeth of Portugal (1271), Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881), Francisco de Quevedo (1584), John, Prince of Asturias (1478), Joaquín Sorolla (1863), and Princess Isabella of Parma (1741).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, Francisco Suárez ranks 10Before him are Ramon Llull (1232), Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021), José Ortega y Gasset (1883), Ibn Tufail (1110), Miguel de Unamuno (1864), and Baltasar Gracián (1601). After him are Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240), Abraham ibn Ezra (1089), Francisco de Vitoria (1483), Juan Luis Vives (1492), Pompeia Plotina (65), and Nachmanides (1194).