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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Louis de Montfort

1673 - 1716

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Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort (French pronunciation: [lwi maʁi ɡʁiɲɔ̃ də mɔ̃fɔʁ]), TOSD (31 January 1673 – 28 April 1716) was a French Catholic priest known for his preaching and his influence on Mariology. He was made a missionary apostolic by Pope Clement XI. Montfort wrote a number of books which went on to become classic Catholic titles and influenced several popes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis de Montfort has received more than 529,028 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis de Montfort is the 588th most popular religious figure (down from 503rd in 2019), the 664th most popular biography from France (down from 598th in 2019) and the 39th most popular French Religious Figure.

Louis de Montfort is most famous for his book True Devotion to Mary. In this book, he discusses the importance of devotion to Mary and how it can help people in their spiritual lives.

Memorability Metrics

  • 530k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Louis de Montfort ranks 588 out of 2,238. Before him are Pope Victor II, Saint Walpurga, Pope Boniface II, Marcel Lefebvre, Al-Suyuti, and Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari. After him are Junayd of Baghdad, Antipope Alexander V, Pope Felix IV, Francis of Paola, Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair, and Muhammad al-Jawad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1673, Louis de Montfort ranks 2. Before him is Ahmed III. After him are Dimitrie Cantemir, Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon, Alessandro Marcello, Rosalba Carriera, Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin, Violante Beatrice of Bavaria, René Duguay-Trouin, and Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg. Among people deceased in 1716, Louis de Montfort ranks 2. Before him is Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. After him are Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, Engelbert Kaempfer, Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, Tokugawa Ietsugu, Ogata Kōrin, Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha, Anthim the Iberian, Roger Cotes, Charles de La Fosse, and Giovanni Battista Bassani.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis de Montfort ranks 664 out of 6,011. Before him are Darius Milhaud (1892), Dom Pérignon (1639), Louis Blériot (1872), Marcel Lefebvre (1905), René Clair (1898), and Salome Zourabichvili (1952). After him are Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922), Jean Nicot (1530), Joan II of Navarre (1311), Robert Curthose (1054), Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729), and Princess Marie Bonaparte (1882).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Louis de Montfort ranks 39. Before him are Peter the Hermit (1050), Charles de Foucauld (1858), Pope Nicholas II (990), Peter Waldo (1140), Clotilde (475), and Marcel Lefebvre (1905). After him are Catherine Labouré (1806), Jean Meslier (1664), Pope Stephen IX (1020), Célestin Freinet (1896), Victor of Aveyron (1793), and Robert of Molesme (1024).

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