RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Gemma Galgani

1878 - 1903

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Gemma Umberta Maria Galgani (12 March 1878 – 11 April 1903), also known as Gemma of Lucca, was an Italian mystic, venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church since 1940. She has been called the "daughter of the Passion" because of her profound imitation of the Passion of Christ. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gemma Galgani has received more than 927,385 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Gemma Galgani is the 799th most popular religious figure (down from 779th in 2019), the 1,106th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,067th in 2019) and the 274th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Gemma Galgani is most famous for her ability to eat large amounts of food without gaining weight.

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  • 61.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Gemma Galgani ranks 799 out of 3,187. Before her are Nicholas of Flüe, Eutyches, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, Pietro Parolin, Isidore the Laborer, and Paul of Samosata. After her are Basilides, Peter Chrysologus, Papias of Hierapolis, Giuseppe Moscati, Margot Frank, and Sen no Rikyū.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Gemma Galgani ranks 21. Before her are Alfred Döblin, Paul Reynaud, Milan Nedić, Shigeru Yoshida, Gustav Radbruch, and Iwane Matsui. After her are Louis Chevrolet, Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, Stepan Shaumian, Georg Kaiser, George Whipple, and Marcel Grossmann. Among people deceased in 1903, Gemma Galgani ranks 14. Before her are Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Alexander I of Serbia, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Otto Weininger, Hugo Wolf, and Gotse Delchev. After her are Vasily Dokuchaev, Calamity Jane, Draga Mašin, Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, and Richard Jordan Gatling.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gemma Galgani ranks 1,106 out of 5,161. Before her are Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1788), Pietro Parolin (1955), Ira von Fürstenberg (1940), Palma Vecchio (1480), Francesco Morosini (1619), and Paolo Conte (1937). After her are Giovanni Segantini (1858), Princess Carolina of Parma (1770), Peter Chrysologus (380), John Singer Sargent (1856), Princess Mafalda of Savoy (1902), and Giambattista della Porta (1535).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Gemma Galgani ranks 274. Before her are Gerard of Csanád (980), Giovanni Battista Re (1934), Augustine of Canterbury (510), Hippolytus of Rome (170), Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1788), and Pietro Parolin (1955). After her are Peter Chrysologus (380), Giuseppe Moscati (1880), Tatiana of Rome (200), Romano Guardini (1885), Saint Maurus (512), and Antipope Ursicinus (400).

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