RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mother Angelica

1923 - 2016

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Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation (born Rita Antoinette Rizzo; April 20, 1923 – March 27, 2016), commonly known as Mother Angelica, was an American Roman Catholic nun of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration. She was best known for the television show Mother Angelica Live. She was the founder of the international broadcast cable television network Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) and the radio network WEWN. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mother Angelica has received more than 1,243,408 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Mother Angelica is the 2,576th most popular religious figure (down from 2,352nd in 2019), the 6,374th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,559th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular American Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mother Angelica ranks 2,576 out of 3,187. Before her are Eugenio Dal Corso, Anton Josef Gruscha, Mullah Krekar, Jan Pieter Schotte, Dositheus II of Jerusalem, and Domenico Agostini. After her are Pope Agrippinus of Alexandria, Reza Hosseini Nassab, Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, Adalbero of Reims, Jacques Plante, and Carlo Acutis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Mother Angelica ranks 312. Before her are Forbes Burnham, Haydée Santamaría, Monica Lovinescu, Adãozinho, Gabriel Alonso, and Ivan Gubijan. After her are Henryk Gulbinowicz, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Mukesh, Giorgio Albertazzi, Vittorio De Seta, and Gösta Löfgren. Among people deceased in 2016, Mother Angelica ranks 314. Before her are Oliver Shanti, Anne Jackson, Caio Júnior, Charmian Carr, Valery Khalilov, and Néstor Gonçalves. After her are Lasse Mårtenson, Martin Lundström, Robert Fano, Anatoly Roshchin, Lutz D. Schmadel, and Rudy Van Gelder.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mother Angelica ranks 6,374 out of 20,380. Before her are Amos Bronson Alcott (1799), Lexington Steele (1969), George Murdock (1897), Jonathan Carroll (1949), Melinda Dillon (1939), and Bo Goldman (1932). After her are Louis Calhern (1895), Edwin Stanton (1814), Corbin Bleu (1989), Helene Hanff (1916), Joseph Sargent (1925), and Robert Ryman (1930).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Mother Angelica ranks 52. Before her are Edwin Frederick O'Brien (1939), Squanto (1585), Milman Parry (1902), William Wakefield Baum (1926), Thomas S. Monson (1927), and Emma Tillman (1892). After her are C. I. Scofield (1843), Adoniram Judson (1788), Seán Patrick O'Malley (1944), John F. MacArthur (1939), Walter Breuning (1896), and Edmund Szoka (1927).

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