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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Peter Claver

1581 - 1654

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Peter Claver SJ (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 enslaved people, the Republic of Colombia, and ministry to Africans. 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 404,477 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Peter Claver is the 931st most popular religious figure (up from 994th in 2019), the 395th most popular biography from Spain (up from 461st in 2019) and the 36th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

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  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Peter Claver ranks 931 out of 2,238. Before him are Antipope John XVI, Humbert of Silva Candida, Peter Mogila, William Miller, Paolo Giovio, and John of Leiden. After him are Reginald Pole, Alessandro Valignano, Severinus of Noricum, José Freire Falcão, Heinrich Bullinger, and Antipope Victor IV.

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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 Giulia Tofana. After him are Bernardo Strozzi, James Ussher, Archduchess Gregoria Maximiliana of Austria, Hendrik Brouwer, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Hedwig of Denmark, and Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft. Among people deceased in 1654, Peter Claver ranks 8. Before him are Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans, Carel Fabritius, Emperor Go-Kōmyō, Alessandro Algardi, Paulus Potter, and Johannes Valentinus Andreae. After him are Samuel Scheidt, İslâm III Giray, Jacques Lemercier, Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, and Ole Worm.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Peter Claver ranks 395 out of 2,932. Before him are Joan of Navarre, Queen of England (1368), Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz (1794), Rafael del Riego (1784), Miguel López de Legazpi (1502), Joseph Calasanz (1556), and Pompeu Fabra (1868). After him are Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco (1926), García II of Galicia (1042), Theudis (470), Chindasuinth (563), Juan, Count of Montizón (1822), and Thérésa Tallien (1773).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Peter Claver ranks 36. Before him are Antipope Clement VIII (1370), Al-Qurtubi (1214), Eulalia of Barcelona (290), Priscillian (340), Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado (1643), and Hermenegild (564). After him are Urraca of Zamora (1033), Anthony Mary Claret (1807), Fermin (272), Raymond Nonnatus (1204), Junípero Serra (1713), and Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (1057).

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