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 2,116,161 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Junípero Serra is the 1,267th most popular religious figure (down from 1,159th in 2019), the 622nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 558th in 2019) and the 46th 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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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Junípero Serra ranks 1,267 out of 3,187. Before him are Procopius of Scythopolis, Gregory V of Constantinople, Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi, Louis of Toulouse, Blandina, and Stanisław Dziwisz. After him are Amphilochius of Iconium, Pietro I Orseolo, Adalard of Corbie, Tola, Archippus, and Janaka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1713, Junípero Serra ranks 9. Before him are Laurence Sterne, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, Alexis Clairaut, Jacques-Germain Soufflot, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, and Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Johann Ludwig Krebs, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, John Needham, Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen, and Princess Caroline of Great Britain. Among people deceased in 1784, Junípero Serra ranks 7. Before him are Denis Diderot, Count of St. Germain, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Samuel Johnson, Phillis Wheatley, and Giovanni Battista Martini. After him are Torbern Bergman, Otto Friedrich Müller, Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia, Abraham Trembley, César-François Cassini de Thury, and Anders Johan Lexell.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Junípero Serra ranks 622 out of 3,355. Before him are Muhammad II of Granada (1235), Bonosus (300), Marcos Alonso (1933), Theodulf of Orléans (750), Santiago Rusiñol (1861), and García Íñiguez of Pamplona (810). After him are Catalina de Erauso (1592), Ramon Muntaner (1265), Abraham bar Hiyya (1070), Miguel Hernández (1910), Antonio de Mendoza (1494), and Joan Manuel Serrat (1943).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Junípero Serra ranks 46. Before him are Luis Ladaria Ferrer (1944), Clemente Domínguez y Gómez (1946), Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (1057), Fernando Vérgez Alzaga (1945), Eduardo Martínez Somalo (1927), and Theodulf of Orléans (750). After him are Diego Laynez (1512), Pedro Arrupe (1907), Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi (1076), Urraca of Zamora (1033), Thomas of Villanova (1486), and Pelagius of Córdoba (912).

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