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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Dominic

1170 - 1221

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Saint Dominic, (Spanish: Santo Domingo; 8 August 1170 – 6 August 1221), also known as Dominic de Guzmán (Spanish: [ɡuθˈman]), was a Castilian Catholic priest and the founder of the Dominican Order. He is the patron saint of astronomers and natural scientists, and he and his order are traditionally credited with spreading and popularizing the rosary. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint Dominic has received more than 1,877,283 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia. Saint Dominic is the 98th most popular religious figure (up from 102nd in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Spain (down from 27th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

Saint Dominic is most famous for the establishment of the Dominican Order.

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  • 76.54

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  • 62

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Dominic ranks 98 out of 2,238. Before him are Teresa of Ávila, Saint Lawrence, Methuselah, Elisha, Arius, and Pope Innocent III. After him are Hagar, Bernard of Clairvaux, Margaret the Virgin, Francis Xavier, Pope Clement V, and Saint Sebastian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1170, Saint Dominic ranks 2. Before him is Fibonacci. After him are Valdemar II of Denmark, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Walther von der Vogelweide, Constantine Laskaris, Hermann von Salza, Isabella of Hainault, Muqali, Jayadeva, Otto I, Count of Burgundy, and Pierre de Castelnau. Among people deceased in 1221, Saint Dominic ranks 1. After him are Theodore I Laskaris, Berengaria of Portugal, Theodoric I, Margrave of Meissen, Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, Alix, Duchess of Brittany, Raymond-Roupen, and Abraham of Smolensk.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Saint Dominic ranks 28 out of 2,932. Before him are Joan Miró (1893), Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452), Maimonides (1138), Teresa of Ávila (1515), Saint Lawrence (225), and Philip IV of Spain (1605). After him are Francis Xavier (1506), Charles II of Spain (1661), Anne of Austria (1601), Ibn Arabi (1165), Julio Iglesias (1943), and Federico García Lorca (1898).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Saint Dominic ranks 7. Before him are Catherine of Aragon (1485), Ignatius of Loyola (1491), Pope Alexander VI (1431), Maimonides (1138), Teresa of Ávila (1515), and Saint Lawrence (225). After him are Francis Xavier (1506), Isidore of Seville (560), Pope Callixtus III (1379), John of the Cross (1542), Tomás de Torquemada (1420), and Vincent of Saragossa (300).

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