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Diego de Landa

1524 - 1579

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Diego de Landa Calderón, O.F.M. (12 November 1524 – 29 April 1579) was a Spanish Franciscan bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yucatán. He led a campaign against idolatry and human sacrifice. In doing so, he burned Maya manuscripts (codices) which contained knowledge of Maya religion and civilization, and the history of the American continent. Nonetheless, his work in documenting and researching the Maya was indispensable in achieving the current understanding of their culture, to the degree that Mayanist William Gates asserted that "ninety-nine percent of what we today know of the Mayas, we know as the result either of what Landa has told us in the pages that follow, or have learned in the use and study of what he told". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Diego de Landa is the 1,264th most popular religious figure (down from 1,072nd in 2019), the 559th most popular biography from Spain (down from 506th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

Diego de Landa was a Spanish poet who is most famous for his epic poem La Araucana.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Diego de Landa ranks 1,264 out of 3,187. Before him are Lutgardis, Roberto Calvi, Alois Hudal, Nicetas of Remesiana, Pope Peter II of Alexandria, and Xenia of Saint Petersburg. After him are Geert Groote, Valentin Haüy, Jean-Claude Hollerich, Franz Jägerstätter, Pamphilus of Caesarea, and Pope Demetrius I of Alexandria.

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Among people born in 1524, Diego de Landa ranks 9. Before him are Pierre de Ronsard, Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Louise Labé, and Joseph Nasi. After him are Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, François Hotman, Plautilla Nelli, Rani Durgavati, Martin Guerre, and Thomas Erastus. Among people deceased in 1579, Diego de Landa ranks 6. Before him are Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Joseph Nasi, and Hans Staden. After him are Thomas Gresham, Stanislaus Hosius, Vicente Juan Masip, Ferenc Dávid, Juan Fernández Navarrete, and Simão Rodrigues.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Diego de Landa ranks 559 out of 3,355. Before him are Clara Campoamor (1888), Federico Mompou (1893), Juan Prim, 1st Count of Reus (1814), Lola Flores (1923), Reccared II (650), and Dionisio Aguado y García (1784). After him are Tulga (622), Gundemar (600), García Ramírez of Navarre (1110), Theudigisel (500), Estanislau Basora (1926), and Gaspar de Portolá (1716).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Diego de Landa ranks 42. Before him are Luis Ladaria Ferrer (1944), Junípero Serra (1713), Anthony Mary Claret (1807), Santos Abril y Castelló (1936), Peter Claver (1581), and Fernando Vérgez Alzaga (1945). After him are Raymond Nonnatus (1204), Hermenegild (564), Pedro Arrupe (1907), Fermin (272), Paschal Baylón (1540), and Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (1057).

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