RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado

1643 - 1731

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Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado (Spanish: Sor María de Jesús), was a 17th-century Spanish Dominican lay sister, mystic and visionary. She was widely known as La Siervita ("the little servant") in the Canary Islands. She lived a life that was austere and simple. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado has received more than 161,862 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado is the 1,000th most popular religious figure (down from 901st in 2019), the 450th most popular biography from Spain (down from 376th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado is most famous for being the founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis, a religious order of nuns that she founded in 1872.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado ranks 1,000 out of 3,187. Before her are Heinrich Bullinger, Adhemar of Le Puy, Servatius of Tongeren, Ibn Sa'd, Sufyan al-Thawri, and Henry. After her are Simeon of Jerusalem, Eugenia of Rome, Pope Peter I of Alexandria, Veronica Giuliani, Saint David, and Hyacinth of Poland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1643, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado ranks 9. Before her are Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, Afonso VI of Portugal, Philippe, Chevalier de Lorraine, Alessandro Stradella, Bahadur Shah I, and Johann Adam Reincken. After her are Jean Chardin, Fran Krsto Frankopan, Ilona Zrínyi, Henri Jules, Prince of Condé, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, and Jean-Baptiste Denys. Among people deceased in 1731, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado ranks 6. Before her are Daniel Defoe, Bartolomeo Cristofori, Brook Taylor, Yevdokiya Lopukhina, and Antonio I, Prince of Monaco. After her are Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Frederik Ruysch, Johann Ludwig Bach, Violante Beatrice of Bavaria, Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken, and Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado ranks 450 out of 3,355. Before her are Raymond Nonnatus (1204), José Antonio Camacho (1955), Ali ibn Yusuf (1083), María de Padilla (1334), Antonio Soler (1729), and Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier (1832). After her are García Sánchez I of Pamplona (919), Pedro de Mendoza (1487), Víctor Erice (1940), Peter I of Aragon and Pamplona (1068), García II of Galicia (1042), and Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1500).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado ranks 35. Before her are Priscillian (340), Anthony Mary Claret (1807), Antipope Clement VIII (1370), Peter Claver (1581), Hermenegild (564), and Raymond Nonnatus (1204). After her are Didacus of Alcalá (1400), Diego de Landa (1524), Beatus of Liébana (730), Fermin (272), Luis Ladaria Ferrer (1944), and Clemente Domínguez y Gómez (1946).

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