RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Simão Rodrigues

1510 - 1579

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Simão Rodrigues de Azevedo, SJ (1510, Vouzela, Portugal - 15 June 1579, Lisbon), also known in English as Simon Rodericks, was a Portuguese Catholic priest and one of the co-founders of the Society of Jesus. A Portuguese nobleman, Rodrigues was one of the six very first companions of Ignatius of Loyola at the University of Paris who took vows of poverty and chastity at the chapel of Montmartre, on the 15 August 1534. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simão Rodrigues has received more than 50,928 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Simão Rodrigues is the 2,116th most popular religious figure (up from 2,160th in 2019), the 264th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 273rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Portuguese Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 51k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Simão Rodrigues ranks 2,116 out of 3,187. Before him are Josef Frings, James Michael Harvey, Lobsang Yeshe, 5th Panchen Lama, Lazarus You Heung-sik, Wolfgang Haas, and Giovanni de' Medici. After him are Benedict Biscop, Achille Silvestrini, Domenico Ferrata, Mohammad Yunus Khalis, Cosmas of Maiuma, and Nicholas of Lyra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1510, Simão Rodrigues ranks 31. Before him are Diego Ortiz, Andrea Schiavone, Ferenc Dávid, Alonso Mudarra, Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, and Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza. After him are Bonaventure des Périers, Wan Hu, Martynas Mažvydas, William Turner, Levina Teerlinc, and Islam Shah Suri. Among people deceased in 1579, Simão Rodrigues ranks 11. Before him are Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Diego de Landa, Thomas Gresham, Ferenc Dávid, Vicente Juan Masip, and Stanislaus Hosius. After him are Juan Fernández Navarrete, and John Ogilvie.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Simão Rodrigues ranks 264 out of 633. Before him are Fernão de Loronha (1470), Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1491), Fábio Coentrão (1988), Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza (1510), Guilhermina Suggia (1885), and Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1890). After him are João do Canto e Castro (1862), John of Coimbra, Prince of Antioch (1431), Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança (1907), Jorge de Montemor (1520), António Ferreira (1528), and Christopher Hampton (1946).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Portugal

Among religious figures born in Portugal, Simão Rodrigues ranks 16. Before him are John de Britto (1647), Manuel Clemente (1948), Manuel Monteiro de Castro (1938), António de Andrade (1580), John of Biclaro (540), and José Policarpo (1936). After him are Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira (1888), António Ribeiro (1928), António Marto (1947), James of Portugal (1433), and José Tolentino de Mendonça (1965).

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