RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Catherine of Siena

1347 - 1380

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Caterina di Jacopo di Benincasa, TOSD (25 March 1347 – 29 April 1380), known as Catherine of Siena (Italian: Caterina da Siena), was an Italian Catholic mystic and pious laywoman who engaged in papal and Italian politics through extensive letter-writing and advocacy. Canonized in 1461, she is revered as a saint and as a Doctor of the Church due to her extensive theological authorship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Catherine of Siena has received more than 3,029,366 page views. Her biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Catherine of Siena is the 155th most popular religious figure (down from 144th in 2019), the 178th most popular biography from Italy (down from 171st in 2019) and the 55th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Catherine of Siena was a medieval Italian saint who was a tertiary of the Dominican Order and a Scholastic philosopher and theologian. She was also a mystic and ascetic who lived a life of poverty.

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  • 74.75

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  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Catherine of Siena ranks 155 out of 3,187. Before her are Pope Sylvester III, Pope Gregory XV, Pope Leo XII, Pope Benedict XIII, Pope Pius IV, and Pope Clement XII. After her are Pope Innocent X, Rabia of Basra, Pope Sixtus V, Ānanda, Pope Callixtus III, and Pope Martin IV.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1347, Catherine of Siena ranks 1. After her are Elizabeth of Pomerania, Emperor Go-Kameyama, Margaret of Durazzo, Beatrice of Portugal, Frederick III, Duke of Austria, Dorothea of Montau, and Richardis of Schwerin, Queen of Sweden. Among people deceased in 1380, Catherine of Siena ranks 2. Before her is Charles V of France. After her are Bertrand du Guesclin, Haakon VI of Norway, Mamai, Elizabeth of Poland, Queen of Hungary, Nizamüddin Ahmed Pasha, Inca Roca, Emperor Kōmyō, Manuel Kantakouzenos, Margaret of Brabant, Countess of Flanders, and Theodoric of Prague.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Catherine of Siena ranks 178 out of 5,161. Before her are Giorgione (1478), Artemisia Gentileschi (1593), Nerva (30), Pope Benedict XIII (1649), Pope Pius IV (1499), and Pope Clement XII (1652). After her are Pope Innocent X (1574), Pope Sixtus V (1520), Scipio Africanus (-235), Enrico Caruso (1873), Domenico Ghirlandaio (1448), and Pope Julius III (1487).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Catherine of Siena ranks 55. Before her are Pope Sylvester III (1000), Pope Gregory XV (1554), Pope Leo XII (1760), Pope Benedict XIII (1649), Pope Pius IV (1499), and Pope Clement XII (1652). After her are Pope Innocent X (1574), Pope Sixtus V (1520), Pope Julius III (1487), Pope Honorius III (1148), Pope Gregory XII (1335), and Pope Paul IV (1476).

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