RELIGIOUS FIGURE

John of the Cross

1542 - 1591

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St. John of the Cross (Spanish: Juan de la Cruz; Latin: Ioannes a Cruce; born Juan de Yepes y Álvarez; 24 June 1542 – 14 December 1591) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest, Christian mystic, and Carmelite friar of Converso ancestry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John of the Cross has received more than 1,607,082 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). John of the Cross is the 231st most popular religious figure (down from 214th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 50th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

John of the Cross is most famous for his poetry, which was written in Spanish. His most famous work is "The Dark Night of the Soul."

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, John of the Cross ranks 231 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Adrian I, Pope Clement XI, Pope Gregory X, Pope Innocent VI, Amos, and Pope Lucius II. After him are Pope Adeodatus I, Pope Celestine V, Pope John XVIII, Pope Marcellus I, Pope Urban VI, and Pope Joan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1542, John of the Cross ranks 4. Before him are Akbar, Mary, Queen of Scots, and Tokugawa Ieyasu. After him are Hattori Hanzō, Robert Bellarmine, Mariam-uz-Zamani, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Jan Zamoyski, Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, Henriette of Cleves, and Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona. Among people deceased in 1591, John of the Cross ranks 3. Before him are Pope Innocent IX, and Pope Gregory XIV. After him are Aloysius Gonzaga, Vincenzo Galilei, Veronica Franco, Dmitry of Uglich, Sen no Rikyū, Christian I, Elector of Saxony, Jacobus Gallus, Jost Amman, and Luis de León.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, John of the Cross ranks 53 out of 3,355. Before him are Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617), Michael Servetus (1509), Pedro Almodóvar (1949), Isabella II of Spain (1830), Francisco de Zurbarán (1598), and Santiago Bernabéu Yeste (1895). After him are El Cid (1045), Lope de Vega (1562), Abd al-Rahman III (889), Tomás de Torquemada (1420), Jusepe de Ribera (1591), and Florentino Pérez (1947).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, John of the Cross ranks 11. Before him are Saint Lawrence (225), Teresa of Ávila (1515), Catherine of Aragon (1485), Saint Dominic (1170), Isidore of Seville (560), and Pope Callixtus III (1379). After him are Tomás de Torquemada (1420), Vincent of Saragossa (300), Antipope Benedict XIII (1328), Ibn Hazm (994), Vincent Ferrer (1350), and Josemaría Escrivá (1902).

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