RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Peter of Alcantara

1499 - 1562

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Peter of Alcántara, OFM (born Peter Garavita; Spanish: Pedro de Alcántara; 1499 – October 18, 1562) was a Spanish Franciscan friar who was canonized in 1669. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter of Alcantara has received more than 70,775 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Peter of Alcantara is the 834th most popular religious figure (up from 849th in 2019), the 338th most popular biography from Spain (down from 332nd in 2019) and the 27th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

Peter of Alcantara is most famous for his life of prayer and penance.

Memorability Metrics

  • 71k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Peter of Alcantara ranks 834 out of 3,187. Before him are Waraqah ibn Nawfal, Andrea Amati, Antipope Boniface VII, Lucian of Antioch, Avvakum, and Al-Qurtubi. After him are Eulalia of Barcelona, Antipope Gregory VIII, Theodore Stratelates, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Priscillian, and Saint Susanna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1499, Peter of Alcantara ranks 7. Before him are Pope Pius IV, Mary Boleyn, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Diane de Poitiers, Giulio Romano, and Claude of France. After him are Bernardino de Sahagún, Claude Garamond, Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, Maria Salviati, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, and Michiel Coxie. Among people deceased in 1562, Peter of Alcantara ranks 7. Before him are Antoine of Navarre, Adrian Willaert, Eleanor of Toledo, Lütfi Pasha, Gabriele Falloppio, and Götz von Berlichingen. After him are Jan van Scorel, Francesco de' Rossi, Christoph Amberger, Claudin de Sermisy, Giovanni de' Medici, and François de Tournon.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Peter of Alcantara ranks 338 out of 3,355. Before him are Ferdinand II of León (1137), Joseph Calasanz (1556), Pedro Sánchez (1972), Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867), Al-Qurtubi (1214), and Benito Pérez Galdós (1843). After him are Ernesto Valverde (1964), Eulalia of Barcelona (290), Berengaria of Castile (1180), Priscillian (340), Carmen Maura (1945), and Juan Negrín (1892).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Peter of Alcantara ranks 27. Before him are Raymond of Penyafort (1175), Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (1626), Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436), Isidore the Laborer (1080), John of Ávila (1500), and Al-Qurtubi (1214). After him are Eulalia of Barcelona (290), Priscillian (340), Anthony Mary Claret (1807), Antipope Clement VIII (1370), Peter Claver (1581), and Hermenegild (564).

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