RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Catherine of Genoa

1447 - 1510

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Catherine of Genoa (Caterina Fieschi Adorno, 1447 – 15 September 1510) was an Italian Catholic saint and mystic, admired for her work among the sick and the poor and remembered because of various writings describing both these actions and her mystical experiences. She was a member of the noble Fieschi family, and spent most of her life and her means serving the sick, especially during the plague which ravaged Genoa in 1497 and 1501. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Catherine of Genoa has received more than 262,906 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Catherine of Genoa is the 1,184th most popular religious figure (down from 1,028th in 2019), the 1,710th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,499th in 2019) and the 337th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Catherine of Genoa ranks 1,184 out of 3,187. Before her are Gisela, Abbess of Chelles, Eusebius of Vercelli, Eutychius of Constantinople, Parshvanatha, Pamphilus of Caesarea, and Clemente Domínguez y Gómez. After her are Charles de Bourbon, Gerasimus of the Jordan, Michael Michai Kitbunchu, Gabriel Urgebadze, Phinehas, and Theodore of Mopsuestia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1447, Catherine of Genoa ranks 5. Before her are Bayezid II, Chenghua Emperor, Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria, and Philippe de Commines. After her are Maria of Serbia, Queen of Bosnia, Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, Pietro Riario, Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg, and Constantine II of Georgia. Among people deceased in 1510, Catherine of Genoa ranks 12. Before her are Francisco de Almeida, Juan de la Cosa, Mihnea cel Rău, Giovanni Sforza, Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg, and Sidonie of Poděbrady. After her are Mandukhai, Georges d'Amboise, Frederick of Saxony, Alexander II of Imereti, and Yusuf Adil Shah.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Catherine of Genoa ranks 1,710 out of 5,161. Before her are Pacuvius (-220), Infante Gabriel of Spain (1752), Eusebius of Vercelli (283), Altichiero (1330), Antonio Salandra (1853), and Mary Douglas (1921). After her are Isabella of Savoy (1591), Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876), Francesco Filippini (1853), Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus (-180), Marco Pantani (1970), and Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (1698).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Catherine of Genoa ranks 337. Before her are Antipope Christopher (900), Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901), Gianna Beretta Molla (1922), Maria Celeste (1600), Henry Benedict Stuart (1725), and Eusebius of Vercelli (283). After her are Ippolito de' Medici (1511), Roberto Calvi (1920), Praxedes (100), Rose of Viterbo (1233), Gaudentius of Brescia (327), and Raffaele Riario (1461).

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