RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Peter Claver

1581 - 1654

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Peter Claver (Spanish: Pedro Claver y Corberó; 26 June 1580 – 8 September 1654) was a Spanish Jesuit priest and missionary born in Verdú, Spain, who, due to his life and work, became the patron saint of slaves, Colombia, and ministry to African Americans. During the 40 years of his ministry in the New Kingdom of Granada, it is estimated he personally baptized around 300,000 people and heard the confessions of over 5,000 people per year. He is also patron saint for seafarers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Claver has received more than 438,151 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Claver is the 958th most popular religious figure (down from 923rd in 2019), the 424th most popular biography from Spain (down from 395th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Peter Claver ranks 958 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Silvia, Mariam Baouardy, Arnold of Brescia, Antipope Laurentius, Angelo Scola, and Abu Hudhayfa ibn Utba. After him are Hatim al-Tai, Arsenius the Great, Hermenegild, Donatus Magnus, Suhayb ar-Rumi, and Antipope Honorius II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1581, Peter Claver ranks 5. Before him are Vincent de Paul, False Dmitry I, Domenichino, and James Ussher. After him are Bernardo Strozzi, Hendrik Brouwer, Giulia Tofana, Frans Francken the Younger, Hedwig of Denmark, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, and Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft. Among people deceased in 1654, Peter Claver ranks 8. Before him are Axel Oxenstierna, Alessandro Algardi, Carel Fabritius, Emperor Go-Kōmyō, Paulus Potter, and Johannes Valentinus Andreae. After him are İslâm III Giray, Samuel Scheidt, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, Jacques Lemercier, Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, and Ole Worm.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Peter Claver ranks 424 out of 3,355. Before him are Hydatius (395), Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia (1953), Tito Vilanova (1968), Míchel (1963), Narciso Yepes (1927), and Manolo Blahnik (1942). After him are Joan of Navarre, Queen of England (1368), Fruela I of Asturias (722), Egica (610), Hermenegild (564), Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal (1498), and Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli (1540).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Peter Claver ranks 32. Before him are Al-Qurtubi (1214), Peter of Alcantara (1499), Eulalia of Barcelona (290), Priscillian (340), Anthony Mary Claret (1807), and Antipope Clement VIII (1370). After him are Hermenegild (564), Raymond Nonnatus (1204), Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado (1643), Didacus of Alcalá (1400), Diego de Landa (1524), and Beatus of Liébana (730).

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