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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Gertrude the Great

1256 - 1302

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Gertrude the Great, OSB (or Saint Gertrude of Helfta; Italian: Santa Gertrude, German: Gertrud die Große von Helfta, Latin: Sancta Gertrudis; January 6, 1256 – November 17, 1302) was a German Benedictine nun and mystic from the monastery of Helfta. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gertrude the Great has received more than 535,651 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Gertrude the Great is the 694th most popular religious figure (up from 699th in 2019), the 676th most popular biography from Germany (up from 782nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular German Religious Figure.

Gertrude the Great is most famous for being a psychic, clairvoyant, and astrologer. She also wrote a book called "Psychic Secrets Revealed."

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  • 540k

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  • 63.58

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Gertrude the Great ranks 694 out of 2,238Before her are Eulalia of Mérida, James, brother of Jesus, Josaphat Kuntsevych, Angelo Sodano, Saint Remigius, and Ludmila of Bohemia. After her are Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, Sa'id bin Zayd, Mahapajapati Gotami, Julia of Corsica, Empress Meishō, and John Harvard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1256, Gertrude the Great ranks 2Before her is Robert, Count of Clermont. After her are Henryk IV Probus, Ibn al-Banna' al-Marrakushi, Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos, and Henry I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal. Among people deceased in 1302, Gertrude the Great ranks 3Before her are Cimabue and Arnolfo di Cambio. After her are Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon, Valdemar, King of Sweden, Robert II, Count of Artois, Muhammad II of Granada, Blanche of Artois, Al-Hakim I, and Yolande of Aragon, Duchess of Calabria.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gertrude the Great ranks 676 out of 6,142Before her are Gustav Heinemann (1899), Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174), Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929), Otto Ernst Remer (1912), and Christopher Clavius (1538). After her are Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (1797), Georg Elser (1903), Markus Wolf (1923), Wilhelm Bittrich (1894), Hermann Müller (1876), and Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (1636).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Gertrude the Great ranks 17Before her are Bruno of Cologne (1030), Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774), Rabanus Maurus (780), Pope Victor II (1018), Norbert of Xanten (1080), and Margot Frank (1926). After her are Johann Tetzel (1460), Therese Neumann (1898), Albert of Brandenburg (1490), Bruno of Querfurt (970), Nicolaus Zinzendorf (1700), and Conrad Schumann (1942).