RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Irmã Dulce

1914 - 1992

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Irmã Dulce, also known as Saint Dulce of the Poor (26 May 1914 – 13 March 1992) was a Brazilian Catholic Franciscan Sister who was the founder of the Obras Sociais Irmã Dulce (Charitable Works Foundation of Sister Dulce). In 1949, she started caring for the poorest of the poor in her convent's chicken yard in Salvador, Bahia. Today, more than 3,000 people arrive every day at this same site (where the Santo Antônio Hospital now stands) to receive free medical treatment. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irmã Dulce has received more than 50,053 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Irmã Dulce is the 2,326th most popular religious figure (down from 2,141st in 2019), the 409th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 368th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Brazilian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 50k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Irmã Dulces by language

Over the past year Irmã Dulce has had the most page views in the with 151,294 views, followed by English (11,710), and Spanish (7,266). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (78.38%), Belarusian (55.56%), and Quechua (51.01%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Irmã Dulce ranks 2,326 out of 3,187. Before her are Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, Diego Gelmírez, Edmund Campion, Cesare Orsenigo, Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, and Pedro Páez. After her are Herman of Alaska, Heo Hwang-ok, Frederick Jagiellon, Giuseppe Pizzardo, Patrick Allen, and Zacharias of Jerusalem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Irmã Dulce ranks 221. Before her are Henri Laborit, Dorothy Lamour, Christl Cranz, Vincent J. McMahon, Johannes Virolainen, and Afonsinho. After her are Ralph Ellison, Grigol Abashidze, Reuben Fine, Wilhelm Hahnemann, Charles Régnier, and Dagmar Lange. Among people deceased in 1992, Irmã Dulce ranks 152. Before her are Yevgeny Yevstigneyev, Ron Woodroof, Ferdinand Adams, Walter Andreas Schwarz, Irakli Abashidze, and Tony Accardo. After her are Mary Norton, Lisa Fonssagrives, Hal Roach, Joan Mitchell, Jean Aerts, and Anton Malatinský.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Irmã Dulce ranks 409 out of 2,236. Before her are Eumir Deodato (1942), Grafite (1979), Júlio Baptista (1981), Heleno de Freitas (1920), Afonsinho (1914), and Adoniran Barbosa (1910). After her are Maneca (1926), Mazinho Oliveira (1965), Carlos Renato Frederico (1957), Júlio Prestes (1882), Dadá Maravilha (1946), and Marcos Senna (1976).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Brazil

Among religious figures born in Brazil, Irmã Dulce ranks 9. Before her are Cláudio Hummes (1934), Geraldo Majella Agnelo (1933), João Braz de Aviz (1947), Paulo Evaristo Arns (1921), Frei Galvão (1739), and José Freire Falcão (1925). After her are Aloísio Lorscheider (1924), Odilo Scherer (1949), Orani João Tempesta (1949), Eusébio Scheid (1932), Eugênio Sales (1920), and Raymundo Damasceno Assis (1937).

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