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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

John of the Cross

1542 - 1591

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John of the Cross, OCD (Spanish: Juan de la Cruz; Latin: Ioannes a Cruce; born Juan de Yepes y Álvarez; 24 June 1542 – 14 December 1591) was a Spanish Catholic priest, mystic, and Carmelite friar of converso origin. He is a major figure of the Counter-Reformation in Spain, and he is one of the thirty-seven Doctors of the Church. John of the Cross is known for his writings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John of the Cross has received more than 1,486,751 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). John of the Cross is the 218th most popular religious figure (up from 227th in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Spain (up from 55th 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."

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  • 72.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, John of the Cross ranks 218 out of 2,238Before him are Eusebius, Pope Adrian VI, Francis de Sales, Pope Innocent VII, Pope Felix I, and Pope Innocent IX. After him are Pope Urban VI, Pope Lucius III, Tomás de Torquemada, Rabia of Basra, Pope Benedict II, and Abdul Qadir Gilani.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, John of the Cross ranks 50 out of 2,932Before him are El Cid (1045), Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476), Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886), Pedro Almodóvar (1949), Lope de Vega (1562), and Eugénie de Montijo (1826). After him are Maria Theresa of Spain (1638), Tomás de Torquemada (1420), Quintilian (35), Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617), Ramon Llull (1232), and Francisco de Zurbarán (1598).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, John of the Cross ranks 11Before him are Teresa of Ávila (1515), Saint Lawrence (225), Saint Dominic (1170), Francis Xavier (1506), Isidore of Seville (560), and Pope Callixtus III (1379). After him are Tomás de Torquemada (1420), Vincent of Saragossa (300), Josemaría Escrivá (1902), Ibn Hazm (994), Antipope Benedict XIII (1328), and Vincent Ferrer (1350).