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Josemaría Escrivá

1902 - 1975

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Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás (9 January 1902 – 26 June 1975) was a Spanish Catholic priest who founded Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the principle of everyday holiness. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2002. Escrivá studied for the priesthood in Logroño and Zaragoza and was ordained in the latter in 1925. He then moved to Madrid, where he pursued doctoral studies in civil law at the Central University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josemaría Escrivá is the 569th most popular religious figure (down from 554th in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from Spain (up from 145th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, more commonly known as "josemaría," was a Spanish priest and writer. He is most famous for founding the Opus Dei, a Catholic organization that has been accused of being a cult.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Josemaría Escrivá ranks 569 out of 3,187. Before him are Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, Paul of Thebes, Rose of Lima, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, Ibn Hazm, and Annas. After him are Pope Severinus, Pope Stephen V, Paul the Deacon, Meritaten, Nicodemus, and Musa al-Kadhim.

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Among people born in 1902, Josemaría Escrivá ranks 22. Before him are Alfred Kastler, Barbara McClintock, Walter Houser Brattain, Arne Tiselius, Talcott Parsons, and André Michel Lwoff. After him are Alva Myrdal, William Wyler, Margaret Hamilton, Nâzım Hikmet, Andrew Irvine, and Marcel Breuer. Among people deceased in 1975, Josemaría Escrivá ranks 20. Before him are Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Edward Tatum, Mikhail Bakhtin, Arnold J. Toynbee, George Paget Thomson, and Saint-John Perse. After him are Graham Hill, Paul Keres, Jimmy Hoffa, Eisaku Satō, Antonín Novotný, and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Josemaría Escrivá ranks 135 out of 3,355. Before him are Ferdinand III of Castile (1199), Peter of Castile (1334), Ricardo Zamora (1901), Francisco Suárez (1548), Paco de Lucía (1947), and Ibn Hazm (994). After him are Josep Borrell (1947), Catherine of Navarre (1470), Princess Isabella of Parma (1741), Henry II of Navarre (1503), Diego de Almagro (1475), and Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Josemaría Escrivá ranks 18. Before him are John of the Cross (1542), Joan Enric Vives Sicília (1949), Antipope Benedict XIII (1328), Vincent of Saragossa (300), Vincent Ferrer (1350), and Ibn Hazm (994). After him are Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía (1510), Raymond of Penyafort (1175), Eulalia of Mérida (290), Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (1626), Isidore the Laborer (1080), and John of Ávila (1500).

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