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Pedro Páez

1564 - 1622

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Pedro Páez Jaramillo, S.J. (Portuguese: Pero Pais; 1564 – 20 May 1622) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary in Ethiopia. Páez is considered by many experts on Ethiopia to be the most effective Catholic missionary in Ethiopia. He is believed to be the first European to see and describe the source of the Blue Nile, which he reached on 21 April 1618. Páez' two-volume História da Etiópia (History of Ethiopia) is regarded by scholars of Ethiopian history as one of the most valuable and accurate works on the contemporary Solomonic Empire and its history (as understood by local sources) up to his own time, particularly as the works of local writers, despite the Ethiopian Orthodox Church's long tradition of literate monastic scholarship and the regular compilation of imperial chronicles, have in large part been lost in the centuries of intermittent conflict that followed or otherwise remained unknown to contemporary scholarship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pedro Páez is the 2,239th most popular religious figure (up from 2,321st in 2019), the 1,101st most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,266th in 2019) and the 84th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pedro Páez ranks 2,239 out of 3,187. Before him are Enravota, Aëtius of Antioch, Giuseppe Pizzardo, Giovanni Coppa, Willehad, and Plutarch of Byzantium. After him are José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, Rainer Woelki, Al-Bara' ibn Azib, Optatus, Magdalene of Nagasaki, and Giovanni de' Marignolli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1564, Pedro Páez ranks 17. Before him are Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Federico Borromeo, Joos de Momper, Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara, John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, and Hans Rottenhammer. After him are Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Sibylla of Anhalt. Among people deceased in 1622, Pedro Páez ranks 19. Before him are Frans Pourbus the Younger, John Rolfe, Leandro Bassano, Sophie of Brandenburg, Michael Maier, and Alof de Wignacourt. After him are Luarsab II of Kartli, Squanto, and Khusrau Mirza.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Pedro Páez ranks 1,101 out of 3,355. Before him are Salvador Artigas (1913), Juanito (1954), Torcuato Fernández-Miranda (1915), Jesús López Cobos (1940), Juan O'Donojú (1762), and Juan Hilario Marrero (1905). After him are José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán (1944), Raúl Albiol (1985), Brahim Díaz (1999), Antonio María Javierre Ortas (1921), Nicanor Zabaleta (1907), and Ciriaco Errasti (1904).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Pedro Páez ranks 84. Before him are Turibius of Mogrovejo (1538), Ricardo María Carles Gordó (1926), Pacian (310), Qadi Iyad (1083), Juan Benlloch i Vivó (1864), and Louis Bertrand (1526). After him are José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán (1944), Antonio María Javierre Ortas (1921), Francisco Coll Guitart (1812), Carlos Amigo Vallejo (1934), Aquilino Bocos Merino (1938), and Dominic of Silos (1000).

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