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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 685,732 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Katharine Drexel is the 2,656th most popular religious figure (down from 2,153rd in 2019), the 10,533rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,281st in 2019) and the 84th most popular American Religious Figure.

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  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Katharine Drexel ranks 2,656 out of 2,238. Before her are Aleksandr Kurlovich, John Ribat, Stigand, Charles Coughlin, Epiphanius I of Ukraine, and Sérgio da Rocha. After her are Emmanuel Wamala, Timothy M. Dolan, Valerian Gracias, Wenceslao Padilla, Joseph F. Smith, and Soane Patita Paini Mafi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Katharine Drexel ranks 126. Before her are Mary Adela Blagg, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Edgeworth David, Anna J. Cooper, Harry Johnston, and Charles Eastman. After her are George Lyon, Henry Watson Fowler, and Carter Glass. Among people deceased in 1955, Katharine Drexel ranks 150. Before her are John Hodiak, Matthew Henson, S. Z. Sakall, Einar Arnórsson, Harry Cobby, and André Rischmann. After her are Robert Riskin, Mary McLeod Bethune, John W. Davis, Jack McGrath, Bert McCaffrey, and Carlyle Blackwell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Katharine Drexel ranks 10,533 out of 18,182. Before her are Florence Turner (1885), Duke Pearson (1932), Wesley Coe (1879), Lily Rabe (1982), Horatio Seymour (1810), and Sam Bottoms (1955). After her are Frank Perry (1930), Jamie Lynn Spears (1991), Elizabeth Moon (1945), Olivia Rodrigo (2003), Andrew Jackson Downing (1815), and Joyce DiDonato (1969).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Katharine Drexel ranks 84. Before her are John T. Scopes (1900), Walter Rauschenbusch (1861), Dan Osman (1963), Avery Dulles (1918), Edward Egan (1932), and William Cameron Townsend (1896). After her are Timothy M. Dolan (1950), Joseph F. Smith (1838), Daniel DiNardo (1949), John Cody (1907), Tim Keller (1950), and John Wright (1909).

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