283 - 304
Lucia of Syracuse (283–304), also called Saint Lucia (Latin: Sancta Lucia) (and better known as Saint Lucy) was a Roman Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint in Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Eastern Orthodox Christianity. She is one of eight women (including the Virgin Mary) explicitly commemorated by Catholics in the Canon of the Mass. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint Lucy has received more than 2,825,375 page views. Her biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Saint Lucy is the 36th most popular religious figure (up from 93rd in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Italy (up from 110th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Religious Figure.
Saint Lucy is most famous for her martyrdom. She was born in Syracuse, Sicily, and she was killed by being beheaded on December 13, 304 AD. She is the patron saint of the blind and those who suffer from eye diseases.
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Among religious figures, Saint Lucy ranks 36 out of 2,238. Before her are Samson, Martin of Tours, Jonah, Saint Stephen, John the Apostle, and Pope Benedict XVI. After her are Husayn ibn Ali, Queen of Sheba, James, son of Zebedee, Samuel, Catherine of Aragon, and Catherine of Alexandria.
1118 BC - 1078 BC
HPI: 81.67
Rank: 30
316 - 397
HPI: 81.20
Rank: 31
850 BC - 810 BC
HPI: 80.95
Rank: 32
1 - 36
HPI: 80.92
Rank: 33
6 - 100
HPI: 80.89
Rank: 34
1927 - 2022
HPI: 80.78
Rank: 35
283 - 304
HPI: 80.65
Rank: 36
626 - 680
HPI: 80.64
Rank: 37
1000 BC - 1000 BC
HPI: 80.58
Rank: 38
1 - 44
HPI: 80.55
Rank: 39
1100 BC - 1010 BC
HPI: 80.51
Rank: 40
1485 - 1536
HPI: 80.46
Rank: 41
287 - 305
HPI: 80.46
Rank: 42
Among people born in 283, Saint Lucy ranks 1. After her is Eusebius of Vercelli. Among people deceased in 304, Saint Lucy ranks 1. After her are Philomena, Anastasia of Sirmium, Vincent of Saragossa, Saint Florian, Christina of Bolsena, Pope Marcellinus, Pancras of Rome, Eulalia of Mérida, Euphemia, Juliana of Nicomedia, and Saint Afra.
283 - 304
HPI: 80.65
Rank: 1
291 - 304
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 2
281 - 304
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 3
300 - 304
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 4
250 - 304
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 5
210 - 304
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 6
250 - 304
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 7
289 - 304
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 8
290 - 304
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 9
289 - 304
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 10
285 - 304
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 11
300 - 304
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 12
Among people born in Italy, Saint Lucy ranks 40 out of 4,668. Before her are Horace (-65), Giacomo Puccini (1858), Titian (1488), Pontius Pilate (-12), Donatello (1386), and Tiberius (-42). After her are Maria Montessori (1870), Pope John Paul I (1912), Pope John XXIII (1881), Gioachino Rossini (1792), Lorenzo de' Medici (1449), and Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598).
65 BC - 8 BC
HPI: 82.14
Rank: 34
1858 - 1924
HPI: 81.74
Rank: 35
1488 - 1576
HPI: 81.37
Rank: 36
12 BC - 38
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 37
1386 - 1466
HPI: 81.02
Rank: 38
42 BC - 37
HPI: 80.70
Rank: 39
283 - 304
HPI: 80.65
Rank: 40
1870 - 1952
HPI: 80.58
Rank: 41
1912 - 1978
HPI: 80.45
Rank: 42
1881 - 1963
HPI: 80.44
Rank: 43
1792 - 1868
HPI: 80.22
Rank: 44
1449 - 1492
HPI: 80.22
Rank: 45
1598 - 1680
HPI: 79.97
Rank: 46
Among religious figures born in Italy, Saint Lucy ranks 2. Before her are Francis of Assisi (1182). After her are Pope John Paul I (1912), Pope John XXIII (1881), Pope Gregory I (540), Pope Pius XII (1876), Pope Clement VII (1478), Benedict of Nursia (480), Pope Pius XI (1857), Saint Valentine (226), Pope Sylvester I (300), and Pope Gregory XIII (1502).
1182 - 1226
HPI: 84.80
Rank: 1
283 - 304
HPI: 80.65
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1912 - 1978
HPI: 80.45
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1881 - 1963
HPI: 80.44
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540 - 604
HPI: 79.59
Rank: 5
1876 - 1958
HPI: 79.51
Rank: 6
1478 - 1534
HPI: 79.12
Rank: 7
480 - 543
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 8
1857 - 1939
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 9
226 - 273
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 10
300 - 335
HPI: 78.52
Rank: 11
1502 - 1585
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 12