1499 - 1562
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 68,244 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Peter of Alcantara is the 857th most popular religious figure (up from 875th in 2019), the 332nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 379th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.
Peter of Alcantara is most famous for his life of prayer and penance.
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Among religious figures, Peter of Alcantara ranks 857 out of 2,238. Before him are Columba, Theodore Stratelates, Abd Manaf ibn Qusai, Jane Frances de Chantal, Thibaud Gaudin, and Andrew Kim Taegon. After him are Saturnin, Nicholas of Flüe, Charalambos, Apollinaris of Laodicea, Safi-ad-din Ardabili, and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
521 - 597
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 851
281 - 319
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 852
430 - 600
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 853
1572 - 1641
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 854
1229 - 1292
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 855
1821 - 1846
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 856
1499 - 1562
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 857
300 - 300
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 858
1417 - 1487
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 859
87 - 202
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 860
310 - 390
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 861
1252 - 1334
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 862
1918 - 2008
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 863
Among people born in 1499, Peter of Alcantara ranks 8. Before him are Mary Boleyn, Claude of France, Diane de Poitiers, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Giulio Romano, and Bernardino de Sahagún. After him are Claude Garamond, Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, Michiel Coxie, Maria Salviati, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, and Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset. Among people deceased in 1562, Peter of Alcantara ranks 7. Before him are Antoine of Navarre, Lütfi Pasha, Adrian Willaert, Götz von Berlichingen, Gabriele Falloppio, and Eleanor of Toledo. After him are Jan van Scorel, Francesco de' Rossi, Christoph Amberger, Peter Martyr Vermigli, Claudin de Sermisy, and Giovanni de' Medici.
1499 - 1543
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 2
1499 - 1524
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 3
1499 - 1566
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 4
1499 - 1557
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 5
1499 - 1546
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 6
1499 - 1590
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 7
1499 - 1562
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 8
1499 - 1561
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 9
1499 - 1551
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 10
1499 - 1592
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 11
1499 - 1543
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 12
1499 - 1543
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 13
1499 - 1500
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 14
1518 - 1562
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 1
1488 - 1562
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 2
1490 - 1562
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 3
1480 - 1562
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 4
1523 - 1562
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 5
1522 - 1562
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 6
1499 - 1562
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 7
1495 - 1562
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 8
1510 - 1562
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 9
1505 - 1562
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 10
1499 - 1562
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 11
1490 - 1562
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 12
1543 - 1562
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 13
Among people born in Spain, Peter of Alcantara ranks 332 out of 2,932. Before him are Ferdinand Columbus (1488), Abraham Cresques (1325), Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1907), Catherine of Navarre (1470), Gérard Encausse (1865), and César Manrique (1919). After him are Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi (844), Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca (1782), Manolete (1917), Sancho I of Pamplona (865), Eduardo Chillida (1924), and Alfonso II of Asturias (759).
1488 - 1539
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 326
1325 - 1387
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 327
1907 - 1938
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 328
1470 - 1517
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 329
1865 - 1916
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 330
1919 - 1992
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 331
1499 - 1562
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 332
844 - 912
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 333
1782 - 1824
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 334
1917 - 1947
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 335
865 - 925
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 336
1924 - 2002
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 337
759 - 842
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 338
Among religious figures born in Spain, Peter of Alcantara ranks 28. Before him are Raymond of Penyafort (1175), Francisco Álvarez Martínez (1925), Eduardo Martínez Somalo (1927), Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436), Isidore the Laborer (1080), and Diego de Landa (1524). After him are John of Ávila (1500), Antipope Clement VIII (1370), Al-Qurtubi (1214), Eulalia of Barcelona (290), Priscillian (340), and Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado (1643).
1175 - 1275
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 22
1925 - 2022
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 23
1927 - 2021
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 24
1436 - 1517
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 25
1080 - 1130
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 26
1524 - 1579
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 27
1499 - 1562
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 28
1500 - 1569
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 29
1370 - 1447
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 30
1214 - 1273
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 31
290 - 303
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 32
340 - 385
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 33
1643 - 1731
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 34