1510 - 1579
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 46,974 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Simão Rodrigues is the 2,177th most popular religious figure, the 274th most popular biography from Portugal and the 16th most popular Portuguese Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Simão Rodrigues ranks 2,177 out of 2,238. Before him are Adomnán, Gualtiero Bassetti, Giovanni Cagliero, Ísleifur Gissurarson, Stéphanos II Ghattas, and Hotepibre. After him are Thomas S. Monson, Francesco Alidosi, Wilfrid, Julijans Vaivods, Nicholas Wiseman, and Germanus V of Constantinople.
624 - 704
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 2,171
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 2,172
1838 - 1926
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 2,173
1006 - 1080
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 2,174
1920 - 2009
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 2,175
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 2,176
1510 - 1579
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 2,177
1927 - 2018
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 2,178
1455 - 1511
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 2,179
634 - 709
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 2,180
1895 - 1990
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 2,181
1802 - 1865
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 2,182
1835 - 1920
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 2,183
Among people born in 1510, Simão Rodrigues ranks 35. Before him are Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza, Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Martynas Mažvydas, Roy Mata, William Turner, and Bonaventure des Périers. After him are Islam Shah Suri and Gáspár Heltai. Among people deceased in 1579, Simão Rodrigues ranks 11. Before him are Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Thomas Gresham, Hans Staden, Ferenc Dávid, Juan Fernández Navarrete, and Stanislaus Hosius. After him is John Ogilvie.
1510 - 1563
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 29
1510 - 1581
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 30
1510 - 1563
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 31
1510 - 1300
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 32
1510 - 1568
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 33
1510 - 1544
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 34
1510 - 1579
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 35
1510 - 1554
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 36
1510 - 1574
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 37
1509 - 1579
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 5
1519 - 1579
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 6
1525 - 1579
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 7
1510 - 1579
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 8
1526 - 1579
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 9
1504 - 1579
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 10
1510 - 1579
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 11
1579 - 1579
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 12
Among people born in Portugal, Simão Rodrigues ranks 274 out of 555. Before him are Manuel Clemente (1948), João de Loureiro (1717), Diogo Freitas do Amaral (1941), Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira (1888), Alexandre de Serpa Pinto (1846), and Mísia (1955). After him are José Malhoa (1855), Pedro Passos Coelho (1964), Florbela Espanca (1894), Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal (1736), Nené (1949), and João Pinto (1971).
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 268
1717 - 1791
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 269
1941 - 2019
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 270
1888 - 1977
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 271
1846 - 1900
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 272
1955 - Present
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 273
1510 - 1579
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 274
1855 - 1933
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 275
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 276
1894 - 1930
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 277
1736 - 1813
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 278
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 279
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 280
Among religious figures born in Portugal, Simão Rodrigues ranks 16. Before him are John de Britto (1647), Manuel Monteiro de Castro (1938), John of Biclaro (540), José Policarpo (1936), Manuel Clemente (1948), and Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira (1888). After him are António Ribeiro (1928), António Marto (1947), and José Tolentino de Mendonça (1965).
1647 - 1693
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 10
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 11
540 - 621
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 12
1936 - 2014
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 13
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 14
1888 - 1977
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 15
1510 - 1579
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 16
1928 - 1998
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 17
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 18
1965 - Present
HPI: 43.06
Rank: 19