RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Peter Claver

1581 - 1654

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Peter Claver (Spanish: Pedro Claver y Corberó; 26 June 1580 – 8 September 1654) was a Spanish Jesuit priest and missionary born in Verdú, Spain, who, due to his life and work, became the patron saint of slaves, Colombia, and ministry to African Americans. During the 40 years of his ministry in the New Kingdom of Granada, it is estimated he personally baptized around 300,000 people and heard the confessions of over 5,000 people per year. He is also patron saint for seafarers. He is considered a heroic example of what should be the Christian praxis of love and of the exercise of human rights. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Claver is the 1,207th most popular religious figure (down from 958th in 2019), the 520th most popular biography from Spain (down from 424th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Peter Claver ranks 1,207 out of 3,187. Before him are Blase J. Cupich, Shaykh Tusi, Philippe Ouédraogo, George Fox, Angelo Comastri, and Antipope Victor IV. After him are Adhemar of Le Puy, Epaphroditus, Jean-Marie Lustiger, William of Gellone, Maximilian of Tebessa, and Alexandre do Nascimento.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1581, Peter Claver ranks 6. Before him are Vincent de Paul, False Dmitry I, Domenichino, Bernardo Strozzi, and James Ussher. After him are Giulia Tofana, Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Hendrik Brouwer, Edmund Gunter, and Frans Francken the Younger. Among people deceased in 1654, Peter Claver ranks 10. Before him are Carel Fabritius, Emperor Go-Kōmyō, Paulus Potter, Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Samuel Scheidt, and İslâm III Giray. After him are Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, Jacques Lemercier, Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, Matei Basarab, Ole Worm, and Athanasius III of Constantinople.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Peter Claver ranks 520 out of 3,355. Before him are Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco (1926), Ordoño IV of León (926), Federico Bahamontes (1928), Berengaria of Barcelona (1116), María de Padilla (1334), and Rafael Alberti (1902). After him are Beatrice of Castile (1293), Salvador Puig Antich (1948), Isabella of Castile, Queen of Aragon (1283), Jesús María Pereda (1938), El Risitas (1956), and Marcus Annius Verus (100).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Peter Claver ranks 40. Before him are Antonio Cañizares Llovera (1945), Peter of Alcantara (1499), Luis Ladaria Ferrer (1944), Junípero Serra (1713), Anthony Mary Claret (1807), and Santos Abril y Castelló (1936). After him are Fernando Vérgez Alzaga (1945), Diego de Landa (1524), Raymond Nonnatus (1204), Hermenegild (564), Pedro Arrupe (1907), and Fermin (272).

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