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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 Castilian Dominican friar and first Grand Inquisitor of the Tribunal of the Holy Office (otherwise known as the Spanish Inquisition). The Spanish Inquisition was a group of ecclesiastical prelates that was created in 1478, and which was 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tomás de Torquemada has received more than 1,429,553 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Tomás de Torquemada is the 221st most popular religious figure (down from 211th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Spain 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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  • 45

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  • 8.69

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  • 2.50

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Tomás de Torquemada ranks 221 out of 2,238. Before him are Pope Innocent VII, Pope Felix I, Pope Innocent IX, John of the Cross, Pope Urban VI, and Pope Lucius III. After him are Rabia of Basra, Pope Benedict II, Abdul Qadir Gilani, Pope Urban I, Cyprian, and Pope Boniface IV.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Tomás de Torquemada ranks 52 out of 2,932. Before him are Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886), Pedro Almodóvar (1949), Lope de Vega (1562), Eugénie de Montijo (1826), John of the Cross (1542), and Maria Theresa of Spain (1638). After him are Quintilian (35), Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617), Ramon Llull (1232), Francisco de Zurbarán (1598), Michael Servetus (1509), and Abd al-Rahman III (889).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Tomás de Torquemada ranks 12. Before him are Saint Lawrence (225), Saint Dominic (1170), Francis Xavier (1506), Isidore of Seville (560), Pope Callixtus III (1379), and John of the Cross (1542). After him are Vincent of Saragossa (300), Josemaría Escrivá (1902), Ibn Hazm (994), Antipope Benedict XIII (1328), Vincent Ferrer (1350), and Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía (1510).

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