RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Catherine Labouré

1806 - 1876

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Catherine Labouré, DC (May 2, 1806 – December 31, 1876) was a French member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul and a Marian visionary. She is believed to have relayed the request from the Blessed Virgin Mary to create the Miraculous Medal, now worn by millions of people around the world. Labouré spent forty years caring for the aged and infirm. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Catherine Labouré has received more than 670,797 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Catherine Labouré is the 638th most popular religious figure (down from 600th in 2019), the 740th most popular biography from France (down from 695th in 2019) and the 40th most popular French Religious Figure.

Catherine Labouré is most famous for the apparitions she had of the Virgin Mary in 1830.

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  • 670k

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  • 70.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Catherine Labouré ranks 638 out of 3,187. Before her are Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Charles Taze Russell, John Knox, Peter Waldo, Jael, and Father Damien. After her are Obadiah, Nicodemus, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, Clotilde, Pope Anastasius II, and Tarcisius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1806, Catherine Labouré ranks 5. Before her are John Stuart Mill, Max Stirner, Augustus De Morgan, and Benito Juárez. After her are Emilia Plater, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, Omar Pasha, William Webb Ellis, and Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov. Among people deceased in 1876, Catherine Labouré ranks 9. Before her are Abdülaziz, Josephine of Leuchtenberg, Truganini, Karl Ernst von Baer, George Armstrong Custer, and Antonio López de Santa Anna. After her are Marie d'Agoult, Ildefons Cerdà, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, and Francesco Maria Piave.

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In France

Among people born in France, Catherine Labouré ranks 740 out of 6,770. Before her are William Longsword (893), John, Duke of Berry (1340), Jeanne Hébuterne (1898), Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713), Bruno Latour (1947), and Dom Pérignon (1639). After her are Maurice Béjart (1927), Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848), Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651), Eugène Edine Pottier (1816), Clotilde (475), and Jérôme Lalande (1732).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Catherine Labouré ranks 40. Before her are Hugues de Payens (1074), Ansgar (801), Marcel Lefebvre (1905), Pope Stephen IX (1020), Jean Meslier (1664), and Peter Waldo (1140). After her are Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651), Clotilde (475), Louis de Montfort (1673), Saint Remigius (437), Victor of Aveyron (1793), and Robert of Molesme (1024).

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