RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Margaret the Virgin

292 - 307

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Margaret, known as Margaret of Antioch in the West, and as Saint Marina the Great Martyr (Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Μαρίνα) in the East, is celebrated as a saint on 20 July in Western Christianity, on 30th of July (Julian calendar) by the Eastern Orthodox Church, and on Epip 23 and Hathor 23 in the Coptic Orthodox Church. She was reputed to have promised very powerful indulgences to those who wrote or read her life or invoked her intercessions; these no doubt helped the spread of her following. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margaret the Virgin has received more than 653,635 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Margaret the Virgin is the 131st most popular religious figure (down from 98th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 48th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

Margaret the virgin is most famous for being the mother of Jesus Christ.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 75.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Margaret the Virgin ranks 131 out of 3,187Before her are Pope Boniface VIII, Zechariah, Pope Gregory IX, Hassan-i Sabbah, Pope Pius VIII, and Pope Formosus. After her are Saint Dominic, Pope Clement VIII, Mahavira, Pope Pius VI, Pope Clement V, and Pope Leo XI.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 292, Margaret the Virgin ranks 1After her is Pachomius the Great. Among people deceased in 307, Margaret the Virgin ranks 1After her are Valerius Severus, and Emperor Hui of Jin.

Others Born in 292

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Others Deceased in 307

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Margaret the Virgin ranks 51 out of 1,347Before her are Mimar Sinan (1490), Mahmud II (1785), Ahmed II (1643), Xenophanes (-570), Şehzade Bayezid (1525), and Mehmed V (1844). After her are Constantine XI Palaiologos (1404), Mustafa II (1664), Gregory of Nazianzus (329), Julian (331), Apollonius of Perga (-262), and Abdulmejid I (1823).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Margaret the Virgin ranks 8Before her are Saint Nicholas (270), Saint George (280), Saint Barbara (300), Luke the Evangelist (31), John Chrysostom (349), and Rachel (-3500). After her are Saint Blaise (300), Saint Pantaleon (275), Ephrem the Syrian (306), Ignatius of Antioch (35), Irenaeus (130), and Bartholomew I of Constantinople (1940).