RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Benedict the Moor

1526 - 1589

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Benedict the Moor (Italian: Benedetto il Moro; 1526 – 4 April 1589), also known as Benedict of Palermo, Benedict the Black, or Benedict the African, was a Afro-Sicilian Franciscan friar. Born to enslaved Africans in San Fratello, he was freed at birth and became known for his charity. As a young man, he joined a Franciscan-affiliated hermit group, of which he became the leader. In 1564 he was sent to the Franciscan friary in Palermo, where he continued good works. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benedict the Moor is the 994th most popular religious figure (up from 1,008th in 2019), the 1,332nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,479th in 2019) and the 314th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Benedict the Moor ranks 994 out of 3,187. Before him are Mata Amritanandamayi, Antipope Clement VIII, Zita, Methodios I of Constantinople, Walter Kasper, and Bernardin Gantin. After him are Gotthard of Hildesheim, Jeremias II of Constantinople, Ascanio Sforza, Paula of Rome, Otto of Bamberg, and Sophronius of Jerusalem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1526, Benedict the Moor ranks 7. Before him are Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Akechi Mitsuhide, Catherine Jagiellon, Elizabeth of Austria, Rafael Bombelli, and Augustus, Elector of Saxony. After him are Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz, Bâkî, and Louis Bertrand. Among people deceased in 1589, Benedict the Moor ranks 6. Before him are Catherine de' Medici, Henry III of France, Alessandro Farnese, Christophe Plantin, and Jacques Clément. After him are Anna Maria of the Palatinate, Johannes Sturm, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, Bernard Palissy, Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Michael Baius.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Benedict the Moor ranks 1,332 out of 5,161. Before him are Zita (1212), Methodios I of Constantinople (788), Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria (1783), Umberto Tozzi (1952), Giuseppe Conte (1964), and Bernabò Visconti (1323). After him are Orcagna (1315), Ascanio Sforza (1455), Paula of Rome (347), Agrippa Postumus (-12), Simon of Sicily (1093), and Verres (-120).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Benedict the Moor ranks 314. Before him are Romano Guardini (1885), Antipope Christopher (900), Alfredo Ottaviani (1890), Antonio Quarracino (1923), Zita (1212), and Methodios I of Constantinople (788). After him are Ascanio Sforza (1455), Paula of Rome (347), Andrea Amati (1505), Teobaldo Boccapecci (1100), Mariano Rampolla (1843), and Gerolamo Emiliani (1486).

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