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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 66,755 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Laura Montoya is the 1,722nd most popular religious figure (down from 1,680th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Colombia (up from 49th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Colombian Religious Figure.

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  • 67k

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  • 52.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Laura Montoya ranks 1,722 out of 2,238. Before her are Horus Sa, Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli, Cláudio Hummes, Sava Petrović, Stanisław Ryłko, and Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje. After her are Barbara West, Richard Simon, Michel Sabbah, Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Estanislao Esteban Karlic, and Fadl ibn Abbas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Laura Montoya ranks 91. Before her are Eugen Fischer, Rudolf Maister, Lou Henry Hoover, André-Louis Debierne, Joaquín Torres-García, and Krste Misirkov. After her are Ricardo Flores Magón, Charles-Louis Philippe, Joseph Klausner, Nicola Canali, Georges Lefebvre, and Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov. Among people deceased in 1949, Laura Montoya ranks 87. Before her are Henri Rabaud, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Husni al-Za'im, André-Louis Debierne, Ehmetjan Qasim, and Joaquín Torres-García. After her are Otto Nerz, Jankel Adler, Antoun Saadeh, Nikos Skalkottas, Nuri Killigil, and Wallace Beery.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Laura Montoya ranks 40 out of 306. Before her are Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900), Camilo Torres Restrepo (1929), Juan Pablo Montoya (1975), Policarpa Salavarrieta (1795), Alfonso López Michelsen (1913), and Juanes (1972). After her are Alfonso López Trujillo (1935), Omayra Sánchez (1972), Iván Córdoba (1976), Andrés Pastrana Arango (1954), Alfonso Cano (1948), and Iván Duque Márquez (1976).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Colombia

Among religious figures born in Colombia, Laura Montoya ranks 3. Before her are Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1929) and José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez (1919). After her are Rubén Salazar Gómez (1942) and Pedro Rubiano Sáenz (1932).

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