RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Tomás de Torquemada

1420 - 1498

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Tomás de Torquemada (14 October 1420 – 16 September 1498), also anglicized as Thomas of Torquemada, was a Roman Catholic Dominican friar and first Castillian Grand Inquisitor of the Tribunal of the Holy Office, which was a group of ecclesiastical prelates created in 1478 and charged with the somewhat ill-defined task of "upholding Catholic religious orthodoxy" within the lands of the newly formed union of the crowns of Castile and Aragon, presently known as the Kingdom of Spain. In part because of persecution, Muslims and Jews in Castile and Aragon at that time found it socially, politically, and economically advantageous to convert to Catholicism (see Converso, Morisco, and Marrano). The existence of superficial converts from Judaism (i.e., Crypto-Jews) was perceived by the Catholic Monarchs as a threat to the religious and social life in their realms. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tomás de Torquemada has received more than 1,540,065 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Tomás de Torquemada is the 243rd most popular religious figure (down from 217th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Spain (down from 52nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

Tomás de Torquemada was a Spanish inquisitor and Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition. He is most famous for his role in the persecution of the Jews in Spain.

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  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Tomás de Torquemada ranks 243 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Joan, Pope Honorius II, Nathan, Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, and Pope Lucius III. After him are Joachim, Pope Siricius, Matthias the Apostle, Jeremiah, Pope Innocent II, and Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1420, Tomás de Torquemada ranks 1. After him are Jean Fouquet, Benozzo Gozzoli, George of Poděbrady, Andrea del Castagno, Abdal-Latif Mirza, Sesshū Tōyō, João Vaz Corte-Real, Agostino Barbarigo, Mahmud Pasha Angelović, Barthélemy d'Eyck, and Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Anjou. Among people deceased in 1498, Tomás de Torquemada ranks 3. Before him are Girolamo Savonarola, and Charles VIII of France. After him are John Cabot, Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Antonio del Pollaiolo, Giovanni il Popolano, Michael Pacher, Francesco Botticini, Çiçek Hatun, Mirkhvand, and Cristoforo Landino.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Tomás de Torquemada ranks 57 out of 3,355. Before him are Francisco de Zurbarán (1598), Santiago Bernabéu Yeste (1895), John of the Cross (1542), El Cid (1045), Lope de Vega (1562), and Abd al-Rahman III (889). After him are Jusepe de Ribera (1591), Florentino Pérez (1947), Maria Theresa of Spain (1638), Ramon Llull (1232), Eugénie de Montijo (1826), and Quintilian (35).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Tomás de Torquemada ranks 12. Before him are Teresa of Ávila (1515), Catherine of Aragon (1485), Saint Dominic (1170), Isidore of Seville (560), Pope Callixtus III (1379), and John of the Cross (1542). After him are Vincent of Saragossa (300), Antipope Benedict XIII (1328), Ibn Hazm (994), Vincent Ferrer (1350), Josemaría Escrivá (1902), and Joan Enric Vives Sicília (1949).

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