RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Marguerite Bourgeoys

1620 - 1700

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Marguerite Bourgeoys, CND (17 April 1620 – 12 January 1700), was a French religious sister and founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal in the colony of New France, now part of Québec, Canada. Born in Troyes, she became part of a sodality, ministering to the poor from outside the convent. She was recruited by the governor of Montreal to set up a convent in New France, and she sailed to Fort Ville-Marie (now Montreal) by 1653. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marguerite Bourgeoys has received more than 251,348 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Marguerite Bourgeoys is the 1,942nd most popular religious figure, the 3,215th most popular biography from France and the 165th most popular French Religious Figure.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Marguerite Bourgeoys ranks 1,942 out of 3,187. Before her are Peter Julian Eymard, Jacques Marquette, Abraham a Sancta Clara, William of the White Hands, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, and Horus Sa. After her are Athenodorus of Byzantium, Anatolius of Laodicea, Jarir ibn Atiyah, Prosper Guéranger, Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious, and Athanasius I of Constantinople.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1620, Marguerite Bourgeoys ranks 19. Before her are Nicholas Mercator, Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck, Isabella Leonarda, Masaniello, Abraham van Beijeren, and Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. After her are William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker, John Evelyn, Matthew Hopkins, and Robert Morison. Among people deceased in 1700, Marguerite Bourgeoys ranks 9. Before her are André Le Nôtre, John Dryden, Do-Aklin, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, and Lagâri Hasan Çelebi. After her are Louis Jolliet, Rajaram I, and Silvestro Valier.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marguerite Bourgeoys ranks 3,215 out of 6,770. Before her are Pierre Gaveaux (1761), Michel Chevalier (1806), Paul Poupard (1930), Victor Schœlcher (1804), Anne of Burgundy (1404), and Charles-Louis Havas (1783). After her are Albert Lamorisse (1922), Charles-Louis Philippe (1874), Jacques Villeret (1951), Prosper Guéranger (1805), Bernard Thévenet (1948), and Michel Hazanavicius (1967).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Marguerite Bourgeoys ranks 165. Before her are Pierre Robert Olivétan (1505), François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis (1715), Bénézet (1165), J. F. Oberlin (1740), Peter Julian Eymard (1811), and Jacques Marquette (1637). After her are Prosper Guéranger (1805), Flodoard (894), Richard Simon (1638), Érard de la Marck (1472), Louis Antoine de Noailles (1651), and Marie-Joseph Lagrange (1855).

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