RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Laura Montoya

1874 - 1949

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Laura Montoya, in full María Laura de Jesús Montoya Upegui (26 May 1874 – 21 October 1949), religious name Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena, was a Colombian Roman Catholic religious sister and the founder of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Virgin Mary and Saint Catherine of Siena (1914). She was well known for her work with Indigenous peoples and for acting as a strong role model for South American girls. Pope John Paul II beatified her in 2004 and Pope Francis canonized her as a saint on 12 May 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laura Montoya has received more than 74,973 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Laura Montoya is the 1,525th most popular religious figure (up from 1,708th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Colombia (up from 40th in 2019) and the most popular Colombian Religious Figure.

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  • 75k

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  • 55.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Laura Montoya ranks 1,525 out of 3,187. Before her are Vinko Puljić, Eunomius of Cyzicus, Hugh of Châteauneuf, Marko Krizin, George Sphrantzes, and Georg Gänswein. After her are Kartir, Eulogius of Córdoba, Jerzy Radziwiłł, Peter Schöffer, Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, and Giovanni Benelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Laura Montoya ranks 79. Before her are Princess Anna of Montenegro, René-Louis Baire, Serge Koussevitzky, István Bethlen, William Lyon Mackenzie King, and Lina Cavalieri. After her are Clemens von Pirquet, Joseph Klausner, Pierre Souvestre, Gustave Whitehead, Rosa Albach-Retty, and Nikolai Korotkov. Among people deceased in 1949, Laura Montoya ranks 67. Before her are Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe, Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria, Alejandro Lerroux, Félix d'Herelle, Wakatsuki Reijirō, and Husni al-Za'im. After her are Alexey Shchusev, Erich von Drygalski, Koçi Xoxe, Momčilo Tapavica, Traicho Kostov, and Sam Wood.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Laura Montoya ranks 34 out of 356. Before her are Rafael Orozco Maestre (1954), Manuel Marulanda (1930), Radamel Falcao (1986), Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (1903), Julio César Turbay Ayala (1916), and Álvaro Mutis (1923). After her are Camilo Torres Restrepo (1929), Samael Aun Weor (1917), Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900), Policarpa Salavarrieta (1795), Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1929), and Alfonso López Michelsen (1913).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Colombia

Among religious figures born in Colombia, Laura Montoya ranks 1. After her are Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1929), José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez (1919), Rubén Salazar Gómez (1942), and Pedro Rubiano Sáenz (1932).

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