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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 426,569 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Francisco Suárez is the 289th most popular philosopher (down from 254th in 2019), the 191st most popular biography from Spain (down from 172nd in 2019) and the 11th 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 289 out of 1,267. Before him are Synesius, Bruno Bauer, Bruno Latour, Mazdak, Paramahansa Yogananda, and G. E. Moore. After him are Johann Reuchlin, Crates of Thebes, Roscellinus, Alain Badiou, Thomas Carlyle, and Arnaldus de Villa Nova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1548, Francisco Suárez ranks 4. Before him are Giordano Bruno, Simon Stevin, and Tomás Luis de Victoria. After him are Vincenzo Scamozzi, Karel van Mander, Bianca Cappello, William V, Duke of Bavaria, Honda Tadakatsu, Palma il Giovane, Catherine of Cleves, and Fatma Sultan. Among people deceased in 1617, Francisco Suárez ranks 5. Before him are Ahmed I, Pocahontas, John Napier, and Rose of Lima. After him are Emperor Go-Yōzei, Concino Concini, David Fabricius, Hendrik Goltzius, 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 191 out of 3,355. Before him are Carmen Amaya (1913), Kane (1967), Abd al-Rahman II (788), John, Prince of Asturias (1478), Elizabeth of Portugal (1271), and Adolfo Suárez (1932). After him are Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía (1510), Frederick III of Sicily (1272), Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain (1726), Alfonso III of Asturias (848), Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240), and Camilo José Cela (1916).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, Francisco Suárez ranks 11. Before him are José Ortega y Gasset (1883), Ibn Tufail (1110), Baltasar Gracián (1601), Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021), Miguel de Unamuno (1864), and Abraham ibn Ezra (1089). After him are Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240), Francisco de Vitoria (1483), Juan Luis Vives (1492), Pompeia Plotina (65), Nachmanides (1194), and George Santayana (1863).

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