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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 609,549 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Catherine Labouré is the 605th most popular religious figure (up from 638th in 2019), the 696th most popular biography from France (up from 806th 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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  • 610k

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  • 65.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Catherine Labouré ranks 605 out of 2,238. Before her are Pope Eusebius, Pope Vigilius, Fatima al-Fihri, Ali al-Hadi, Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, and Pope Alexander II. After her are Jean Meslier, Gamaliel, Pope Theodore II, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, Sister Lúcia, and Joan Enric Vives Sicília.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1806, Catherine Labouré ranks 4. Before her are John Stuart Mill, Max Stirner, and Augustus De Morgan. After her are Benito Juárez, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, Emilia Plater, Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, Omar Pasha, William Webb Ellis, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller. Among people deceased in 1876, Catherine Labouré ranks 7. Before her are Mikhail Bakunin, George Sand, Abdülaziz, Josephine of Leuchtenberg, George Armstrong Custer, and Karl Ernst von Baer. After her are Antonio López de Santa Anna, Truganini, Marie d'Agoult, Ildefons Cerdà, Antoine Jérôme Balard, and Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia.

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In France

Among people born in France, Catherine Labouré ranks 696 out of 6,011. Before her are Mary of Guise (1515), André the Giant (1946), Bernard Gui (1261), Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646), Frédéric Bastiat (1801), and Roger Garaudy (1913). After her are Jean Meslier (1664), François Guizot (1787), Nadia Boulanger (1887), Maurice Gamelin (1872), Ausonius (310), and Isabella of Angoulême (1188).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Catherine Labouré ranks 40. Before her are Charles de Foucauld (1858), Pope Nicholas II (990), Peter Waldo (1140), Clotilde (475), Marcel Lefebvre (1905), and Louis de Montfort (1673). After her are Jean Meslier (1664), Pope Stephen IX (1020), Célestin Freinet (1896), Victor of Aveyron (1793), Robert of Molesme (1024), and Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651).

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