RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Michele Rua

1837 - 1910

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Michele Rua (English: Michael Rua; 9 June 1837 – 6 April 1910) was an Italian Catholic priest and professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Rua was a student under Don Bosco and was also the latter's first collaborator in the order's founding as well as one of his closest friends. He served as the first Rector Major of the Salesians following Bosco's death in 1888. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michele Rua has received more than 41,817 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Michele Rua is the 1,776th most popular religious figure, the 2,544th most popular biography from Italy and the 413th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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  • 60.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Michele Rua ranks 1,776 out of 3,187. Before him are Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz, Rabban Bar Sauma, Chrysostomos II of Cyprus, Lorenzo Baldisseri, Clodoald, and Joseph Cardijn. After him are Michał Sopoćko, Felice della Rovere, Saint Othmar, Isidore of Kiev, John of Patmos, and Justus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Michele Rua ranks 60. Before him are Hans von Marées, Zhang Zhidong, Robert Gould Shaw, Moritz Kaposi, Sanjō Sanetomi, and Walter Hauser. After him are Franz Overbeck, Yohannes IV, Nicolás Avellaneda, Ernst Ziller, Tony Robert-Fleury, and Kabayama Sukenori. Among people deceased in 1910, Michele Rua ranks 52. Before him are Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev, Mary Baker Eddy, Gustave Moynier, Wilhelm Raabe, Hugo Erdmann, and Winslow Homer. After him are Princess Marie of the Netherlands, Hormuzd Rassam, Emmanuel Frémiet, William Graham Sumner, Paolo Mantegazza, and Friedrich Kohlrausch.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Michele Rua ranks 2,544 out of 5,161. Before him are Francesco Dandolo (1258), Isabella Andreini (1562), Francesco Moser (1951), Moana Pozzi (1961), Luigi Zampa (1905), and Lorenzo Baldisseri (1940). After him are Felice della Rovere (1483), Justus (600), Angelo Bagnasco (1943), Antonio Barberini (1607), Plautilla Nelli (1524), and Massimo Stanzione (1585).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Michele Rua ranks 413. Before him are Scipione Rebiba (1504), Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster (1880), Juliana Falconieri (1270), Piero Marini (1942), Geminianus (312), and Lorenzo Baldisseri (1940). After him are Felice della Rovere (1483), Justus (600), Angelo Bagnasco (1943), Antonio Barberini (1607), Hripsime (300), and Pietro Aldobrandini (1571).

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