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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 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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  • 47k

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  • 48.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Simão Rodrigues ranks 2,177 out of 2,238Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1510, Simão Rodrigues ranks 35Before 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 11Before him are Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Thomas Gresham, Hans Staden, Ferenc Dávid, Juan Fernández Navarrete, and Stanislaus Hosius. After him is John Ogilvie.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Simão Rodrigues ranks 274 out of 555Before 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).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Portugal

Among religious figures born in Portugal, Simão Rodrigues ranks 16Before 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).