RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Frances of Rome

1384 - 1440

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Francesca Bussa de' Leoni (1384 – March 9, 1440), known as Frances of Rome (Italian: Francesca Romana; Latin: Francisca Rōmāna), was an Italian Catholic mystic, organizer of charitable services and a Benedictine oblate who founded a religious community of oblates, who share a common life without religious vows. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frances of Rome has received more than 306,279 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Frances of Rome is the 734th most popular religious figure (down from 723rd in 2019), the 959th most popular biography from Italy (down from 949th in 2019) and the 262nd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Frances of Rome is most famous for her writings. She was the first woman to write in Latin.

Memorability Metrics

  • 310k

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  • 63.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Frances of Rome ranks 734 out of 3,187. Before her are Saint Eligius, Maron, Antipope Anacletus II, Mahavatar Babaji, Patriarch Nikon of Moscow, and Sun Myung Moon. After her are Therese Neumann, Martin Bucer, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Haran, Fatimah bint Asad, and Leopold III, Margrave of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1384, Frances of Rome ranks 1. After her are Yolande of Aragon, Khalil Sultan, Anthony, Duke of Brabant, Lê Lợi, and John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury. Among people deceased in 1440, Frances of Rome ranks 3. Before her are Gilles de Rais, and Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg. After her are Sigismund Kęstutaitis, Cennino Cennini, Itzcoatl, Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg, and Irene Gattilusio.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Frances of Rome ranks 959 out of 5,161. Before her are Gabriele Falloppio (1523), Filippo Maria Visconti (1392), Hugo Pratt (1927), Jacopo Bassano (1510), Gaius Musonius Rufus (25), and Faustina the Elder (105). After her are Orazio Gentileschi (1563), Giacomo Agostini (1942), Vibia Sabina (86), Giuseppe Tornatore (1956), Carlo Carrà (1881), and Emilio De Bono (1866).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Frances of Rome ranks 262. Before her are Angelo Sodano (1927), Pope Severinus (600), Silas (1), Melania the Younger (383), Pope Leo VIII (900), and Antipope Anacletus II (1090). After her are Juliana of Nicomedia (285), Saint Cajetan (1480), Antipope Nicholas V (1260), Romuald (951), Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti (1774), and Gerard of Csanád (980).

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