RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Katharine Drexel

1858 - 1955

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Katharine Drexel, SBS (born Catherine Mary Drexel; November 26, 1858 – March 3, 1955) was an American Catholic religious sister, and educator. In 1891, she founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, a religious congregation serving Black and Indigenous Americans. Canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2000, Drexel was the second person born in what is now the United States to be declared a saint and the first who was born a U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Katharine Drexel has received more than 723,619 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Katharine Drexel is the 3,045th most popular religious figure (down from 2,639th in 2019), the 12,515th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,510th in 2019) and the 108th most popular American Religious Figure.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Katharine Drexel ranks 3,045 out of 3,187. Before her are William Goh, Geoffrey Keating, James Aloysius Hickey, Desmond Connell, Paul Hinder, and Samuel Ajayi Crowther. After her are Augusto Paolo Lojudice, Abdul Rahman, Hamza Yusuf, F. F. Bruce, Gianni Ambrosio, and Peter Okpaleke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Katharine Drexel ranks 145. Before her are Zdenka Braunerová, Anna J. Cooper, Joseph DeCamp, Charles Eastman, Rosa Smith Eigenmann, and Harry Johnston. After her are Henry Watson Fowler, George Lyon, and Carter Glass. Among people deceased in 1955, Katharine Drexel ranks 171. Before her are Jack McGrath, Mary McLeod Bethune, Einar Arnórsson, Robert Riskin, John McLean, and Carlyle Blackwell. After her are Leo Amery, John W. Davis, Irving Small, Bert McCaffrey, and William R. Orthwein.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Katharine Drexel ranks 12,515 out of 20,380. Before her are Mary-Kate Olsen (1986), Gary Larson (1950), Jan Brewer (1944), John 5 (1971), Cindy McCain (1954), and Ron Simmons (1958). After her are Howard Hesseman (1940), Jason Robards Sr. (1892), Tom Foley (1929), Matt Salinger (1960), Thomas Corwin (1794), and Nelsan Ellis (1977).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Katharine Drexel ranks 108. Before her are Scott Hahn (1957), Franklin Graham (1952), John Shelby Spong (1931), John Wright (1909), Richard Cushing (1895), and James Aloysius Hickey (1920). After her are Hamza Yusuf (1958), James Gibbons (1834), Katharine Jefferts Schori (1954), Robert W. McElroy (1954), Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865), and Terence Cooke (1921).

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