RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Paschal Baylón

1540 - 1592

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Paschal Baylón (24 May 1540 – 17 May 1592) was a Spanish Catholic religious brother in the Order of Friars Minor. He served as a shepherd alongside his father in his childhood and adolescence, but desired to enter the religious life. He was refused once but later was admitted as a Franciscan lay brother and became noted for his strict austerities, as well as his love for and compassion towards the sick. He was sent to Paris, France; on the way he encountered Calvinists and was nearly killed by a mob. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paschal Baylón is the 1,461st most popular religious figure (up from 1,673rd in 2019), the 657th most popular biography from Spain (up from 867th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Paschal Baylón ranks 1,461 out of 3,187. Before him are Isaac of Armenia, Cyril Lucaris, Ahijah the Shilonite, Marcello Semeraro, Pavle, Serbian Patriarch, and Franjo Šeper. After him are 'Abd Allah ibn Rawahah, Angelo Bagnasco, Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy, Maximus V of Constantinople, Antipope Theodore, and Menas of Constantinople.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1540, Paschal Baylón ranks 13. Before him are Lady Katherine Grey, Maharana Pratap, Hümaşah Sultan, José de Acosta, Magnus, Duke of Holstein, and Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme. After him are Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli, Gasparo da Salò, Won Gyun, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, Ostilio Ricci, and Denis Calvaert. Among people deceased in 1592, Paschal Baylón ranks 13. Before him are Hümaşah Sultan, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Thomas Cavendish, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, and William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. After him are William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli, John VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern, Michiel Coxie, and Marc'Antonio Ingegneri.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Paschal Baylón ranks 657 out of 3,355. Before him are Rosalía Mera (1944), Muhammad III of Granada (1257), Dani Carvajal (1992), Rodri (1996), Juan Antonio Bardem (1922), and Alicia de Larrocha (1923). After him are Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (1057), Jacint Verdaguer (1845), Cristóbal de Morales (1600), Infanta María de la Paz of Spain (1862), Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin (1818), and García Fernández of Castile (938).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Paschal Baylón ranks 47. Before him are Fernando Vérgez Alzaga (1945), Diego de Landa (1524), Raymond Nonnatus (1204), Hermenegild (564), Pedro Arrupe (1907), and Fermin (272). After him are Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (1057), Adolfo Nicolás (1936), Juan José Omella (1946), Eulogius of Córdoba (810), Juan de Homedes (1477), and Thomas of Villanova (1486).

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