RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Peter of Alcantara

1499 - 1562

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Peter of Alcántara, OFM (born Peter Garavita; Spanish: Pedro de Alcántara; 1499 – October 18, 1562) was a Spanish Franciscan friar who was canonized in 1669. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter of Alcantara is the 1,084th most popular religious figure (down from 834th in 2019), the 443rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 338th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

Peter of Alcantara is most famous for his life of prayer and penance.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Peter of Alcantara ranks 1,084 out of 3,187. Before him are Adalbert of Magdeburg, William Tyndale, Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Sufyan al-Thawri, and Ernest Simoni. After him are William M. Branham, Ippolito de' Medici, Hatim al-Tai, Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova, Luis Ladaria Ferrer, and Franc Rode.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1499, Peter of Alcantara ranks 9. Before him are Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Diane de Poitiers, Claude of France, Giulio Romano, Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, and Bernardino de Sahagún. After him are Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, Claude Garamond, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Maria Salviati, Michiel Coxie, and Garcia de Orta. Among people deceased in 1562, Peter of Alcantara ranks 8. Before him are Adrian Willaert, Eleanor of Toledo, Gabriele Falloppio, Götz von Berlichingen, Lütfi Pasha, and Jan van Scorel. After him are Francesco de' Rossi, Christoph Amberger, Giovanni de' Medici, François de Tournon, Claudin de Sermisy, and Peter Martyr Vermigli.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Peter of Alcantara ranks 443 out of 3,355. Before him are Luisa de Guzmán (1613), Sebastián de Belalcázar (1480), Antonio Cañizares Llovera (1945), Egica (610), Anne Hidalgo (1959), and Rafael Moreno Aranzadi (1892). After him are Manuel Santana (1938), Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873), María Casares (1922), Luis Ladaria Ferrer (1944), Junípero Serra (1713), and Alfonso IV of León (890).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Peter of Alcantara ranks 35. Before him are Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado (1643), Antipope Clement VIII (1370), Carlos Osoro Sierra (1945), Clemente Domínguez y Gómez (1946), Priscillian (340), and Antonio Cañizares Llovera (1945). After him are Luis Ladaria Ferrer (1944), Junípero Serra (1713), Anthony Mary Claret (1807), Santos Abril y Castelló (1936), Peter Claver (1581), and Fernando Vérgez Alzaga (1945).

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