# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/didacus-of-alcala
# Generated: 2026-08-15T23:12:15.851Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/didacus-of-alcala"
name: "Didacus of Alcalá"
slug: "didacus-of-alcala"
description: "Didacus of Alcalá, also known as Diego de San Nicolás, was a Spanish Franciscan lay brother who served among the first group of missionaries to the newly conquered Canary Islands. He died at Alcalá de Henares on 12 November 1463 and is honored by the Catholic Church as a saint."
tagline: "Franciscan lay brother, missionary and saint"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francisco_de_Zurbar%C3%A1n_-_Saint_Didacus_of_Alcal%C3%A1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1400-11-14"
deathDate: "1463-11-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.25
  momentum:             0.224759186585801
  historical:           18.13968533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E5%B0%94%E5%8D%A1%E6%8B%89%E7%9A%84%E8%BF%AA%E8%BE%BE%E5%BA%93%E6%96%AF"
    title: "阿尔卡拉的迪达库斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "ديداكوس الكالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Диего де Алкала"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%ADdac_d'Alcal%C3%A0"
    title: "Dídac d'Alcalà"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svat%C3%BD_Didak"
    title: "Svatý Didak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didakus_von_Alcal%C3%A1"
    title: "Didakus von Alcalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didacus_of_Alcal%C3%A1"
    title: "Didacus of Alcalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_de_Alcal%C3%A1"
    title: "Diego de Alcalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_d'Alcal%C3%A1"
    title: "Diego d'Alcalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didak_Alkalski"
    title: "Didak Alkalski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcal%C3%A1i_Szent_Did%C3%A1k"
    title: "Alcalái Szent Didák"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didakus_dari_Alcal%C3%A1"
    title: "Didakus dari Alcalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_d'Alcal%C3%A1"
    title: "Diego d'Alcalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didacus_Complutensis"
    title: "Didacus Complutensis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didacus"
    title: "Didacus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dydak_z_Alkali"
    title: "Dydak z Alkali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogo_de_Alcal%C3%A1"
    title: "Diogo de Alcalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B"
    title: "Диего из Алькалы"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_wa_Alkala"
    title: "Diego wa Alkala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%96%D1%94%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Дієго Алькальський"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90i%C4%91ac%C3%B4_th%C3%A0nh_Alcal%C3%A1"
    title: "Điđacô thành Alcalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_de_Alcal%C3%A1"
    title: "Diego de Alcalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q451841"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump