RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Didacus of Alcalá

1400 - 1463

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Didacus of Alcalá (Spanish: Diego de Alcalá), also known as Diego de San Nicolás, was a Spanish Franciscan lay brother who served among the first group of missionaries to the newly conquered Canary Islands. He died at Alcalá de Henares on 12 November 1463 and is honored by the Catholic Church as a saint. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Didacus of Alcalá is the 1,580th most popular religious figure (down from 1,058th in 2019), the 718th most popular biography from Spain (down from 494th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Didacus of Alcalá ranks 1,580 out of 3,187. Before him are George Martinuzzi, Antoninus of Florence, Paisius Velichkovsky, Gustav Trolle, Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri, and Julian of Antioch. After him are Elizabeth Hesselblad, Filaret, Scipione Rebiba, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Benno, and Saint Kilian.

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Among people born in 1400, Didacus of Alcalá ranks 22. Before him are Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine, Helena of Bulgaria, Empress of Serbia, Ausiàs March, Alexander I of Moldavia, Jang Yeong-sil, and Doukas. After him are Goharshad Begum, Bartolomeu Perestrello, Balša II, Irene Asanina, Michael Szilágyi, and Sāyaṇa. Among people deceased in 1463, Didacus of Alcalá ranks 10. Before him are David of Trebizond, Albert VI, Archduke of Austria, Isidore of Kiev, Flavio Biondo, Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici, and Catherine of Bologna. After him are John IV, Duke of Bavaria, and Mary of Guelders.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Didacus of Alcalá ranks 718 out of 3,355. Before him are Urraca of Zamora (1033), Salvador de Madariaga (1886), Francisco de Toledo (1515), Lina Romay (1954), Joan Manuel Serrat (1943), and Pedro Arias Dávila (1443). After him are Lucius Cornelius Balbus (-100), Antonio José Cavanilles (1745), Eleanor de Guzmán (1310), Ismail I of Granada (1279), Juan de Zumárraga (1468), and Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga (1528).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Didacus of Alcalá ranks 56. Before him are Juan José Omella (1946), Eulogius of Córdoba (810), Juan de Homedes (1477), Thomas of Villanova (1486), Beatus of Liébana (730), and Urraca of Zamora (1033). After him are Juan de Zumárraga (1468), Celestino Aós Braco (1945), Julián Herranz Casado (1930), Bartolomé Carranza (1503), Fray Tomás de Berlanga (1487), and Lluís Martínez Sistach (1937).

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