RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Peter Nolasco

1180 - 1256

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Peter Nolasco, O. de M. (Pere Nolasc in Catalan, Pierre Nolasque in French and Pedro Nolasco in Spanish; 1189 – 6 May 1256) was a Catholic nobleman known for founding the Royal and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy of the Redemption of the Captives (the Mercedarians) with approval by Pope Gregory IX on 17 January 1235. Though there is debate about whether Nolasco was born in France or Spain, it is clear that he was in Barcelona when he was a teenager and became part of an army fighting the Moors in the Iberian Peninsula and was appointed tutor to the young king, James I of Aragon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Nolasco is the 1,403rd most popular religious figure (down from 1,358th in 2019), the 2,085th most popular biography from France (up from 2,226th in 2019) and the 108th most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Peter Nolasco ranks 1,403 out of 3,187. Before him are Jozef Tomko, Dom Justo Takayama, Reinhard Marx, Ad-Darazi, Ibn Shihab az-Zuhri, and Darío Castrillón Hoyos. After him are John X of Antioch, Hegesippus, John de Britto, Luigi Carlo Borromeo, Frederick William Franz, and Hermenegild.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1180, Peter Nolasco ranks 7. Before him are Eric X of Sweden, Berengaria of Castile, Gottfried von Strassburg, Theodore Komnenos Doukas, Emperor Go-Toba, and Constance of Hungary. After him are Mstislav Mstislavich, Neidhart von Reuental, Otto I, Duke of Merania, Caesarius of Heisterbach, Alfonso II, Count of Provence, and Bernhard von Spanheim. Among people deceased in 1256, Peter Nolasco ranks 3. Before him are William II of Holland, and Johannes de Sacrobosco. After him are Sartaq Khan, Kaliman Asen II of Bulgaria, Margaret of Bourbon, Queen of Navarre, Mafalda of Portugal, Michael II Asen, Renaud de Vichiers, Kujō Yoritsune, Kujō Yoritsugu, and Bernhard von Spanheim.

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In France

Among people born in France, Peter Nolasco ranks 2,085 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740), Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre (1343), William Kennedy Dickson (1860), Charles, Prince Napoléon (1950), Léon Brillouin (1889), and Antoine Coysevox (1640). After him are Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (1489), Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797), Jehan Alain (1911), Jean-Pierre Beltoise (1937), René-Louis Baire (1874), and Jean Rouch (1917).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Peter Nolasco ranks 108. Before him are Odilo of Cluny (961), Colette of Corbie (1381), Blandina (101), Jean Calas (1698), François de la Chaise (1624), and Henri Estienne (1528). After him are William de Longchamp (1101), John Eudes (1601), Marcellin Champagnat (1789), Bernard of Menthon (923), Lothair II of Italy (1000), and Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange (1877).

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