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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, a mystic and visionary, known popularly 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 149,763 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado is the 909th most popular religious figure (down from 829th in 2019), the 376th most popular biography from Spain (down from 344th in 2019) and the 34th 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.

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  • 59.87

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.82

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  • 2.60

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado ranks 909 out of 2,238Before her are Stanislaus Kostka, Rose Kennedy, Cyril Lucaris, Priscillian, Saint Sabina, and Blessed Gerard. After her are Hermenegild, Anna Göldi, Carlo Maria Viganò, Arnold of Brescia, Gerolamo Emiliani, and Joanna, wife of Chuza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1643, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado ranks 8Before her are Ahmed II, Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, Afonso VI of Portugal, Philippe, Chevalier de Lorraine, Alessandro Stradella, and Henri Jules, Prince of Condé. After her are Johann Adam Reincken, Bahadur Shah I, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Ilona Zrínyi, Jean Chardin, and Fran Krsto Frankopan. Among people deceased in 1731, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado ranks 6Before her are Daniel Defoe, Bartolomeo Cristofori, Yevdokiya Lopukhina, Brook Taylor, and Antonio I, Prince of Monaco. After her are Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Frederik Ruysch, Johann Ludwig Bach, Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco, Violante Beatrice of Bavaria, and Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado ranks 376 out of 2,932Before her are Al-Bakri (1014), Peter I of Aragon and Pamplona (1068), Rosalía de Castro (1837), Charles, Prince of Viana (1421), Ramiro I of Asturias (790), and Priscillian (340). After her are Hermenegild (564), Juan de la Cosa (1460), Sara Montiel (1928), César Rodríguez Álvarez (1920), Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal (1498), and Ramiro II of León (898).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado ranks 34Before her are Peter of Alcantara (1499), John of Ávila (1500), Antipope Clement VIII (1370), Al-Qurtubi (1214), Eulalia of Barcelona (290), and Priscillian (340). After her are Hermenegild (564), Peter Claver (1581), Urraca of Zamora (1033), Anthony Mary Claret (1807), Fermin (272), and Raymond Nonnatus (1204).