RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Afra

300 - 304

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Saint Afra (died 304) was martyred during the Diocletian persecution. Along with Saint Ulrich & St Simpert, she is a patron saint of Augsburg. Her feast day is August 7. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint Afra has received more than 131,856 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Saint Afra is the 1,031st most popular religious figure (up from 1,130th in 2019), the 1,446th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,627th in 2019) and the 34th most popular German Religious Figure.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Afra ranks 1,031 out of 3,187Before her are Aristides of Athens, Jerzy Popiełuszko, Anastasius Bibliothecarius, Frumentius, Paisios of Mount Athos, and Hugh of Cluny. After her are Reginald Pole, Joseph Franklin Rutherford, Antipope Victor IV, Caesarius of Arles, Sabellius, and Antipope Victor IV.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 300, Saint Afra ranks 28Before her are Antipope Felix II, Bahram III, Cyriacus, Victorinus, Pope Peter I of Alexandria, and Emperor Huai of Jin. After her are Emperor Min of Jin, Valerius Valens, Prisca, Galeria Valeria, Eustathius of Antioch, and Domitianus II. Among people deceased in 304, Saint Afra ranks 12Before her are Saint Florian, Pope Marcellinus, Eulalia of Mérida, Pancras of Rome, Euphemia, and Juliana of Nicomedia. After her are Emerentiana, and Saint Domnius.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Saint Afra ranks 1,446 out of 7,253Before her are Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825), Hugo Riemann (1849), Erich Naumann (1905), Georg Baselitz (1938), Franz Ritter von Epp (1868), and John George IV, Elector of Saxony (1668). After her are Natalia Alexeievna (1755), Franz Walter Stahlecker (1900), Marie of Hesse-Kassel (1767), Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1654), Hans Blumenberg (1920), and John B. Goodenough (1922).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Saint Afra ranks 34Before her are Conrad Schumann (1942), Otto of Bamberg (1060), Gerhard Ludwig Müller (1947), Henry of Latvia (1187), Günter Guillaume (1927), and Walter Kasper (1933). After her are Johann Eck (1486), Mechtilde (1241), Rupert of Salzburg (650), Arnold Janssen (1837), Fidelis of Sigmaringen (1577), and Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1679).