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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

La Voisin

1640 - 1680

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Catherine Monvoisin, or Montvoisin, née Deshayes, known as "La Voisin" (c. 1640 – 22 February 1680), was a French fortune teller, commissioned poisoner, and professional provider of alleged sorcery. She was the head of a network of fortune tellers in Paris providing poison, aphrodisiacs, abortion, purported magical services and the arranging of black masses, with clients among the aristocracy and became the central figure in the famous affaire des poisons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of La Voisin has received more than 402,947 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). La Voisin is the 745th most popular religious figure (up from 756th in 2019), the 971st most popular biography from France (up from 1,117th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular French Religious Figure.

La voisin is a French word that means “neighbor.” The term is often used to refer to the person who lives next door to someone, but it can also be used to refer to any person who lives in the vicinity of someone.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

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  • 62.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, La Voisin ranks 745 out of 2,238. Before her are Martin Bucer, John of God, Pat Garrett, Mesud II, Philip the Evangelist, and Ivo of Kermartin. After her are Melania the Younger, Antipope Nicholas V, Josephine Bakhita, Romuald, Therese Neumann, and Patriarch Nikon of Moscow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1640, La Voisin ranks 6. Before her are Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, Man in the Iron Mask, Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan, and Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki. After her are Pu Songling, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Gaspar Sanz, Aphra Behn, Philippe de La Hire, and Antoine Coysevox. Among people deceased in 1680, La Voisin ranks 8. Before her are Shivaji, François de La Rochefoucauld, Athanasius Kircher, Nicolas Fouquet, Jan Swammerdam, and Raimondo Montecuccoli. After her are Willem Claesz. Heda, Ivan Sirko, Ferdinand Bol, Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, John George II, Elector of Saxony, and Emperor Go-Mizunoo.

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In France

Among people born in France, La Voisin ranks 971 out of 6,011. Before her are Henri Désiré Landru (1869), Marcellin Berthelot (1827), Marie Duplessis (1824), Henri, Prince of Condé (1552), Ivo of Kermartin (1253), and Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40). After her are François Cevert (1944), Armand Fallières (1841), Robert Guérin (1876), Jean-Andoche Junot (1771), Francis Phoebus of Navarre (1467), and Tetricus I (250).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, La Voisin ranks 52. Before her are Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651), Saint Remigius (437), Saint Eligius (588), Leonard of Noblac (496), Martin Bucer (1491), and Ivo of Kermartin (1253). After her are Robert de Sorbon (1201), Arnulf of Metz (582), Lucile Randon (1904), William of Gellone (750), Odile of Alsace (662), and Jean-Louis Tauran (1943).

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