RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Dominic

1170 - 1221

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Saint Dominic, (Spanish: Santo Domingo; 8 August 1170 – 6 August 1221), also known as Dominic de Guzmán (Spanish: [ɡuθˈman]), was a Castilian Catholic priest and the founder of the Dominican Order. He is the patron saint of astronomers and natural scientists, and he and his order are traditionally credited with spreading and popularizing the rosary. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saint Dominic is the 224th most popular religious figure (down from 132nd in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Spain (down from 35th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

Saint Dominic is most famous for the establishment of the Dominican Order.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Dominic ranks 224 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Honorius III, Pope Alexander III, Pope Adrian V, Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Bernadette Soubirous, and Catherine of Siena. After him are Saint Sebastian, Joshua, Pope Clement II, Bridget of Sweden, Pope Lucius III, and Pope Benedict XIII.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1170, Saint Dominic ranks 2. Before him is Fibonacci. After him are Valdemar II of Denmark, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Walther von der Vogelweide, Isabella of Hainault, Constantine Laskaris, Hermann von Salza, Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din, Muqali, Otto I, Count of Burgundy, and Jayadeva. Among people deceased in 1221, Saint Dominic ranks 1. After him are Theodore I Laskaris, Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, Berengaria of Portugal, Najm al-Din Kubra, Theodoric I, Margrave of Meissen, Henry III, Duke of Limburg, Alix, Duchess of Brittany, Raymond-Roupen, and Abraham of Smolensk.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Saint Dominic ranks 37 out of 3,355. Before him are Philip IV of Spain (1605), Plácido Domingo (1941), Julio Iglesias (1943), Philip III of Spain (1578), Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886), and Charles II of Spain (1661). After him are Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100), Maria Theresa of Spain (1638), Montserrat Caballé (1933), Anne of Austria (1601), Santiago Bernabéu Yeste (1895), and Arcadius (377).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Saint Dominic ranks 9. Before him are Saint Lawrence (225), Catherine of Aragon (1485), Pope Callixtus III (1379), Francis Xavier (1506), Maimonides (1138), and Teresa of Ávila (1515). After him are Isidore of Seville (560), Tomás de Torquemada (1420), John of the Cross (1542), Joan Enric Vives Sicília (1949), Antipope Benedict XIII (1328), and Vincent of Saragossa (300).

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