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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mary of Egypt

344 - 421

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Mary of Egypt (Greek: Μαρία η Αιγυπτία ; Coptic: Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ Ⲛⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ; Egyptian Arabic: مريم المصرية/ماريا المصريةالمصرية; Amharic/Geez: ቅድስት ማርያም ግብፃዊት) would have been an Egyptian grazer saint dwelling in Palestine during Late antiquity or the Early Middle Ages. She is highly venerated as a Desert Mother in the Eastern Orthodox and Coptic Churches. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary of Egypt has received more than 499,854 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Mary of Egypt is the 527th most popular religious figure (down from 496th in 2019), the 95th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 91st in 2019) and the 18th most popular Egyptian Religious Figure.

Mary of Egypt is most famous for being a prostitute who converted to Christianity and became a saint.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mary of Egypt ranks 527 out of 2,238. Before her are Josemaría Escrivá, Father Damien, Ibn Hazm, Pope Victor I, Abdullah ibn Umar, and Charles de Foucauld. After her are Pope Nicholas II, Pope John II, Annas, Saint Boniface, Pope Stephen VII, and Alphonsus Liguori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 344, Mary of Egypt ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 421, Mary of Egypt ranks 2. Before her is Constantius III. After her are Yazdegerd I and Emperor Gong of Jin.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Mary of Egypt ranks 95 out of 582. Before her are Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (1954), Fuad I of Egypt (1868), Ptolemy VIII Physcon (-182), Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (985), Mohamed Naguib (1901), and Seti II (-1300). After her are Teti (-2350), Ramesses VI (-1175), Kamose (-1600), Userkaf (-2600), Shepseskaf (-2600), and Dorothy Hodgkin (1910).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Egypt

Among religious figures born in Egypt, Mary of Egypt ranks 18. Before her are Meritaten (-1400), Paul of Thebes (227), Saint Maurice (250), Pachomius the Great (292), Saint Menas (285), and Saint Sarah (100). After her are Yusuf al-Qaradawi (1926), Djet (-3000), Al-Suyuti (1445), Maria al-Qibtiyya (600), Macarius of Egypt (300), and Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (1923).

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