RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Macrina the Younger

324 - 379

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Macrina the Younger (Greek: Μακρίνα; c. 327 – 19 July 379) was an early Christian consecrated virgin. Macrina was elder sister of Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Naucratius and Peter of Sebaste. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Macrina the Younger has received more than 176,609 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Macrina the Younger is the 1,324th most popular religious figure (down from 1,304th in 2019), the 536th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 635th in 2019) and the 84th most popular Religious Figure.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.23

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  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Macrina the Younger ranks 1,324 out of 3,187Before her are Rimbert, William of St-Thierry, John of Montecorvino, Louis Massignon, Bernard de Montfaucon, and Cassian of Imola. After her are Lidwina, Carlo Maria Martini, Andrew Bobola, Renato Martino, Raymonde de Laroche, and Andrew Avellino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 324, Macrina the Younger ranks 2Before her is Geunchogo of Baekje.  Among people deceased in 379, Macrina the Younger ranks 3Before her are Basil of Caesarea, and Shapur II.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Macrina the Younger ranks 536 out of 1,347Before her are Doukas (1400), Reşat Nuri Güntekin (1889), Xenophon of Ephesus (101), Archelaus of Cappadocia (-50), Philostorgius (368), and Akile Hatun (1607). After her are Euthydemus I (-300), Çiçek Hatun (1431), Leyla Gencer (1928), Beren Saat (1984), Nikos Zachariadis (1903), and Pythias (-362).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Macrina the Younger ranks 84Before her are Gerasimus of the Jordan (500), Theodore of Mopsuestia (350), Amphilochius of Iconium (339), Archippus (50), Theodosius the Cenobiarch (424), and Akile Hatun (1607). After her are Marina the Monk (715), Sheikh Said (1864), Agathius (300), Severus of Antioch (456), Modestus of Jerusalem (537), and Kadi Burhan al-Din (1345).