PHYSICIAN

Petrus Alphonsi

1062 - 1140

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Petrus Alphonsi (died after 1116) was a Spanish physician, writer, astronomer and polemicist who was born and raised as a Jew and later in life converted to Christianity in 1106. He is also known just as Alphonsi, and as Peter Alfonsi or Peter Alphonso, and was born Moses Sephardi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petrus Alphonsi has received more than 106,683 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Petrus Alphonsi is the 431st most popular physician, the 1,072nd most popular biography from Spain and the 8th most popular Spanish Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Petrus Alphonsi ranks 431 out of 726Before him are Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, Kiyoshi Shiga, Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol, Ibn Butlan, Ferdinand von Mueller, and Zilda Arns. After him are Caspar Peucer, Johann Lukas Schönlein, Oskar Vogt, Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Wilhelm Fliess, and William Gull.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1062, Petrus Alphonsi ranks 5Before him are Pope Gelasius II, Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger, Kiya Buzurg-Ummid, and Hugh V, Count of Maine. After him is Adelaide, Countess of Vermandois. Among people deceased in 1140, Petrus Alphonsi ranks 5Before him are Irnerius, Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia, Leo I, Prince of Armenia, and William of Malmesbury. After him is Diego Gelmírez.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Petrus Alphonsi ranks 1,072 out of 3,355Before him are Francisco J. Ayala (1934), Julio Romero de Torres (1874), Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana (1398), Juan Zambudio Velasco (1921), Mariano Martín (1919), and Dominic of Silos (1000). After him are Constance of Aragon, Queen of Sicily (1343), Alberto Iglesias (1955), Josep Seguer (1923), Torcuato Fernández-Miranda (1915), Ramón Chao (1935), and Juan Bautista de Toledo (1515).

Among PHYSICIANS In Spain

Among physicians born in Spain, Petrus Alphonsi ranks 8Before him are Al-Zahrawi (936), Ibn Zuhr (1091), Joseph Calasanz (1556), Severo Ochoa (1905), Hasdai ibn Shaprut (910), and Leander of Seville (534). After him are Nicolás Monardes (1508), Gregorio Marañón (1887), Concepción Aleixandre (1862), Fernando Quiroga Palacios (1900), Fidel Pagés (1886), and Teresa Forcades (1966).