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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Junípero Serra

1713 - 1784

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Saint Junípero Serra Ferrer (; Spanish: [xuˈnipeɾo ˈsera]; November 24, 1713 – August 28, 1784), popularly known simply as Junipero Serra, was a Spanish Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Order. He is credited with establishing the Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Junípero Serra has received more than 2,011,633 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Junípero Serra is the 1,168th most popular religious figure (down from 879th in 2019), the 558th most popular biography from Spain (down from 381st in 2019) and the 41st most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

Junípero Serra was a Spanish Franciscan missionary who founded nine of the 21 Spanish missions in California. He is most famous for his missionary work in California.

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Junípero Serra ranks 1,168 out of 2,238. Before him are Begga, Brigid of Kildare, Lidwina, Ulrich of Augsburg, Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, and Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach. After him are Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Mata Amritanandamayi, Apollos, Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy, Saint Mercurius, and Francesco Barberini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1713, Junípero Serra ranks 8. Before him are Ferdinand VI of Spain, Laurence Sterne, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, Alexis Clairaut, Jacques-Germain Soufflot, and Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, John Needham, Johann Ludwig Krebs, and Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Among people deceased in 1784, Junípero Serra ranks 8. Before him are Count of St. Germain, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Samuel Johnson, Phillis Wheatley, Giovanni Battista Martini, and Torbern Bergman. After him are Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia, César-François Cassini de Thury, Anders Johan Lexell, Abraham Trembley, Otto Friedrich Müller, and Allan Ramsay.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Junípero Serra ranks 558 out of 2,932. Before him are Aurelius of Asturias (740), Abu'l-Hasan Ali of Granada (1500), Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1453), Daniel Brühl (1978), Ramón del Valle-Inclán (1866), and Mateo Alemán (1547). After him are Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (1057), Jabir ibn Aflah (1100), Santiago Rusiñol (1861), Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon (1154), Josep Lluís Núñez (1931), and Juan de Herrera (1530).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Junípero Serra ranks 41. Before him are Hermenegild (564), Peter Claver (1581), Urraca of Zamora (1033), Anthony Mary Claret (1807), Fermin (272), and Raymond Nonnatus (1204). After him are Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (1057), Theodulf of Orléans (750), Didacus of Alcalá (1400), Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi (1076), Luis Ladaria Ferrer (1944), and Pedro Arrupe (1907).

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