RELIGIOUS FIGURE

André Bessette

1845 - 1937

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André Bessette, C.S.C. (born Alfred; 9 August 1845 – 6 January 1937), commonly known as Brother André (French: Frère André) and since his canonization as Saint André of Montreal, was a lay brother of the Congregation of Holy Cross and a significant figure of the Catholic Church among French-Canadians. He is credited with thousands of reported healings associated with his pious devotion to Saint Joseph. Bessette was declared venerable in 1978 and was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1982. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Bessette has received more than 517,806 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). André Bessette is the 2,406th most popular religious figure (down from 2,199th in 2019), the 283rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 280th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Religious Figure.

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  • 520k

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  • 49.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, André Bessette ranks 2,406 out of 3,187. Before him are Antonio Riberi, Stanislaus Papczyński, Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, Pertinax of Byzantium, Pino Puglisi, and Serapion of Antioch. After him are Gregorio Rosa Chávez, Francisco Coll Guitart, László Paskai, Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Symmachus, and Nicholas Charnetsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, André Bessette ranks 74. Before him are Ulisse Dini, Ulises Heureaux, Antonin Mercié, Nina Grieg, Jorge Montt, and Paul Deussen. After him are Salim bin Thuwaini, Žemaitė, Zygmunt Gorazdowski, Arthur MacArthur Jr., José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, and Pier Andrea Saccardo. Among people deceased in 1937, André Bessette ranks 116. Before him are Thubten Choekyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama, Adalbert Deșu, Mikheil Javakhishvili, Andrew Mellon, Yehuda Pen, and Jean de Brunhoff. After him are Camillo Berneri, Alexander Chayanov, Max Carl Wilhelm Weber, Valerian Pidmohylny, Victor Laloux, and Titsian Tabidze.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, André Bessette ranks 283 out of 1,622. Before him are Henri Richard (1936), Marie-Claire Blais (1939), Deborah Kara Unger (1966), David Johnston (1941), Patricia Churchland (1943), and Bobby Orr (1948). After him are Joe Clark (1939), Yannick Bisson (1969), Édouard Gagnon (1918), Terry Sawchuk (1929), Bill Brack (1935), and John Diefenbaker (1895).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Canada

Among religious figures born in Canada, André Bessette ranks 3. Before him are Marc Ouellet (1944), and Gaëtan Dugas (1952). After him are Jacques Plante (1929), Jean-Claude Turcotte (1936), Aimee Semple McPherson (1890), Gérald Lacroix (1957), Thomas Christopher Collins (1947), Paul Grégoire (1911), Charles Scicluna (1959), Hilarion Kapral (1948), and Charles Coughlin (1891).

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