RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jeanne Jugan

1792 - 1879

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Jeanne Jugan (25 October 1792 – 29 August 1879), religious name Mary of the Cross, was a French religious sister who became known for the dedication of her life to the neediest of the elderly poor. Her service resulted in the establishment of the Little Sisters of the Poor, who care for the elderly who have no other resources throughout the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeanne Jugan has received more than 126,892 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Jeanne Jugan is the 1,990th most popular religious figure (up from 2,038th in 2019), the 3,302nd most popular biography from France (up from 3,459th in 2019) and the 172nd most popular French Religious Figure.

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  • 130k

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  • 52.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jeanne Jugan ranks 1,990 out of 3,187. Before her are Joseph Vaz, Emmanuel III Delly, João Braz de Aviz, Sabbas the Goth, Justo Gallego Martínez, and Pope Theonas of Alexandria. After her are Gennadius of Constantinople, Antonio Bacci, Lullus, Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, Raphael Kalinowski, and Serafino Vannutelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, Jeanne Jugan ranks 38. Before her are Ferdinand Christian Baur, Gustav Schwab, Roderick Murchison, Moritz Hauptmann, Jacques Ignace Hittorff, and Lev Perovski. After her are George M. Dallas, Nodira, José Joaquín de Herrera, George Cruikshank, Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, and Johann Georg Hiedler. Among people deceased in 1879, Jeanne Jugan ranks 34. Before her are Prince Henry of the Netherlands, Ludwig Reichenbach, Jakob Dubs, William Kingdon Clifford, Sergey Solovyov, and Michel Chevalier. After her are Miguel Grau Seminario, Joseph Poelaert, Nikolai Zaremba, Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Anthony Panizzi, and Paul Gervais.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jeanne Jugan ranks 3,302 out of 6,770. Before her are Casimir Delavigne (1793), Joseph de Guignes (1721), Antoine de la Sale (1388), Gérard Jugnot (1951), Pierre Sinibaldi (1924), and Alfred Bruneau (1857). After her are Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ (1842), Joseph Guillemot (1899), Charles de Bonchamps (1760), Georges Mandel (1885), Édouard Philippe (1970), and Jean Joseph Mounier (1758).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Jeanne Jugan ranks 172. Before her are Prosper Guéranger (1805), Flodoard (894), Richard Simon (1638), Érard de la Marck (1472), Louis Antoine de Noailles (1651), and Marie-Joseph Lagrange (1855). After her are John Francis Regis (1597), Amalberga of Maubeuge (601), Wolfgang Capito (1478), Louis Billot (1846), Julie Billiart (1751), and Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange (1877).

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