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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 244,536 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Catherine of Genoa is the 1,036th most popular religious figure (up from 1,096th in 2019), the 1,503rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,691st in 2019) and the 321st most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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  • 240k

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  • 58.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Catherine of Genoa ranks 1,036 out of 2,238Before her are Primož Trubar, Servatius of Tongeren, Stephen Harding, Godfried Danneels, Yolanda of Poland, and Henry. After her are Saint Chrysogonus, Henry Benedict Stuart, Elon, William Booth, Henry of Latvia, and Paul of the Cross.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1447, Catherine of Genoa ranks 4Before her are Bayezid II, Chenghua Emperor, and Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria. After her are Philippe de Commines, Maria of Serbia, Queen of Bosnia, Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, Pietro Riario, and Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1510, Catherine of Genoa ranks 8Before her are Giorgione, Bianca Maria Sforza, Catherine Cornaro, Mihnea cel Rău, Francisco de Almeida, and Juan de la Cosa. After her are Muhammad Shaybani, Giovanni Sforza, Mandukhai, Sidonie of Poděbrady, Georges d'Amboise, and Frederick of Saxony.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Catherine of Genoa ranks 1,503 out of 4,668Before her are Lina Bo Bardi (1914), Galeria Valeria (300), Dino Grandi (1895), Princess Marie of Orléans (1813), Adelaide del Vasto (1072), and Amadeus I, Count of Savoy (1016). After her are Saint Chrysogonus (250), Henry Benedict Stuart (1725), Mary Douglas (1921), Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione (1837), Desiderata of the Lombards (754), and Lucius Aemilius Paullus (-300).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Catherine of Genoa ranks 321Before her are Lawrence of Brindisi (1559), Ascanio Sforza (1455), Augustine of Canterbury (510), Benedict the Moor (1526), Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi (1566), and Arsenius the Great (354). After her are Saint Chrysogonus (250), Henry Benedict Stuart (1725), Paul of the Cross (1694), Alfredo Ottaviani (1890), Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet (1588), and Mariano Rampolla (1843).