Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur

Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur

Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (or Betancourt) y Gonzáles, OFB (Spanish: Pedro de San José de Betancur y Gonzáles, March 21, 1626– April 25, 1667), also called Hermano Pedro de San José Betancurt (Brother Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur) or more simply Peter de Betancurt, Hermano Pedro (Brother Peter), Santo Hermano Pedro (Saint Brother Peter), or San Pedro de Vilaflor (Saint Peter of Vilaflor), was a Spanish saint and missionary in Guatemala. Known as the "Saint Francis of Assisi of the Americas", he is the first saint native to the Canary Islands, is also considered the first saint of Guatemala and Central America for having done his missionary work in those American lands. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur has received more than 74,748 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur is the 734th most popular religious figure (up from 915th in 2019), the 264th most popular biography from Spain (up from 400th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.