RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Julie Billiart

1751 - 1816

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Julie Billiart, SNDdeN (12 July 1751 – 8 April 1816) was a French Catholic nun, educator, and cofounder of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. She was born in Cuvilly, a village in Picardy, in northern France. She was paralyzed and bedridden for 22 years, but was well known for her prayer, her embroidery skills, and her education of both the poor and the nobility, especially her work with young girls. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julie Billiart has received more than 198,532 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Julie Billiart is the 2,040th most popular religious figure (down from 1,481st in 2019), the 3,396th most popular biography from France (down from 2,513th in 2019) and the 177th most popular French Religious Figure.

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  • 200k

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  • 52.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Julie Billiart ranks 2,040 out of 3,187. Before her are Clemente Micara, Louis Billot, Carlo Caffarra, Teodolfo Mertel, Laurence of Canterbury, and Quodvultdeus. After her are Jacob of Nisibis, Carlo Furno, Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Frang Bardhi, Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, and Zara Yaqob.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1751, Julie Billiart ranks 21. Before her are Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, Clement Mary Hofbauer, François Joseph Westermann, Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto, and Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen. After her are Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Anders Dahl, Johann Heinrich Voss, Uesugi Harunori, William Roxburgh, and John Abbot. Among people deceased in 1816, Julie Billiart ranks 19. Before her are François-André Vincent, Johann Hieronymus Schröter, Christiane Vulpius, Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, and Constantine Ypsilantis. After her are Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau, Friedrich Ludwig Schröder, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, Dorothea Jordan, and Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld.

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In France

Among people born in France, Julie Billiart ranks 3,396 out of 6,770. Before her are Orlan (1947), William of Jumièges (1000), Catherine Hessling (1900), Jean Petit (1949), Maurice de Guérin (1810), and Zacharie Astruc (1833). After her are Nicolas Lemery (1645), Firmin Abauzit (1679), Dany Robin (1927), Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine (890), Edward Poynter (1836), and Michel Delpech (1946).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Julie Billiart ranks 177. Before her are Marie-Joseph Lagrange (1855), Jeanne Jugan (1792), John Francis Regis (1597), Amalberga of Maubeuge (601), Wolfgang Capito (1478), and Louis Billot (1846). After her are Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange (1877), Albinus of Angers (470), Pasquier Quesnel (1634), Alfred Des Cloizeaux (1817), Hilary of Arles (401), and François de Tournon (1489).

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