RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Margaret Mary Alacoque

1647 - 1690

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Margaret Mary Alacoque, VHM (French: Marguerite-Marie Alacoque) (22 July 1647 – 17 October 1690) was a French Visitation nun and mystic who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margaret Mary Alacoque has received more than 642,145 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Margaret Mary Alacoque is the 468th most popular religious figure (down from 467th in 2019), the 493rd most popular biography from France (up from 496th in 2019) and the 27th most popular French Religious Figure.

Margaret Mary Alacoque is most famous for her visions of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Memorability Metrics

  • 640k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Margaret Mary Alacoque ranks 468 out of 3,187. Before her are Hor-Aha, Pope John XIV, Genevieve, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Saint Maurice, and Peter Lombard. After her are Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari, Pope Eutychian, Uwais al-Qarani, Maya, Micah, and Pope Stephen VIII.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1647, Margaret Mary Alacoque ranks 4. Before her are Denis Papin, Maria Sibylla Merian, and Pierre Bayle. After her are John George III, Elector of Saxony, Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, Suleiman of Persia, Giovanni Ceva, Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Elisabeth Hevelius, Constantine Phaulkon, and William Louis, Duke of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1690, Margaret Mary Alacoque ranks 2. Before her is Charles Le Brun. After her are Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, Philip William, Elector Palatine, Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, David Teniers the Younger, Abraham Brueghel, Giovanni Legrenzi, Michael I Apafi, Adam Frans van der Meulen, Juan de Valdés Leal, and Yun Shouping.

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In France

Among people born in France, Margaret Mary Alacoque ranks 493 out of 6,770. Before her are Hippolyte Fizeau (1819), Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753), Antoine of Navarre (1518), Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1714), Alfred Werner (1866), and Christine Lagarde (1956). After her are Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928), Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881), William II of England (1056), Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1045), Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (1727), and André Citroën (1878).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Margaret Mary Alacoque ranks 27. Before her are Vincent de Paul (1581), Francis de Sales (1567), Jacques de Molay (1243), Pope Nicholas II (990), John Vianney (1786), and Genevieve (423). After her are Charles de Foucauld (1858), Rashi (1040), Suger (1080), Peter the Hermit (1050), Luigi Lucheni (1873), and Antipope Clement VII (1342).

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