250 - 287
Maurice (also Moritz, Morris, or Mauritius; Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲙⲱⲣⲓⲥ) was an Egyptian military leader who headed the legendary Theban Legion of Rome in the 3rd century, and is one of the favourite and most widely venerated saints of that martyred group. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint Maurice has received more than 873,549 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Saint Maurice is the 438th most popular religious figure (up from 465th in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Egypt (up from 87th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Egyptian Religious Figure.
Saint Maurice is most famous for being the patron saint of Switzerland and for being a Roman soldier who was martyred for his Christian faith.
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Among religious figures, Saint Maurice ranks 438 out of 2,238. Before him are Pope John IV, Thomas Becket, Guru Nanak, Pope Cornelius, Ali al-Ridha, and Pope Gregory III. After him are Pope Anterus, Pope Sergius I, Pope Innocent II, Parascheva of the Balkans, Pachomius the Great, and Pope Agapetus II.
600 - 642
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 432
1119 - 1170
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 433
1469 - 1539
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 434
200 - 253
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 435
770 - 818
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 436
700 - 741
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 437
250 - 287
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 438
180 - 236
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 439
650 - 701
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 440
1100 - 1143
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 441
1000 - 1100
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 442
292 - 348
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 443
900 - 955
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 444
Among people born in 250, Saint Maurice ranks 4. Before him are Helena, Galerius, and Constantius Chlorus. After him are Lactantius, Saint Florian, Pope Miltiades, Pope Caius, Pope Alexander I of Alexandria, Pope Marcellinus, Carinus, and Pope Eusebius. Among people deceased in 287, Saint Maurice ranks 2. Before him is Saint Sebastian.
250 - 330
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 1
250 - 311
HPI: 72.69
Rank: 2
250 - 306
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 3
250 - 287
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 4
250 - 325
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 5
250 - 304
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 6
250 - 314
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 7
250 - 296
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 8
250 - 326
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 9
250 - 304
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 10
250 - 285
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 11
250 - 310
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 12
Among people born in Egypt, Saint Maurice ranks 71 out of 582. Before him are Muhammad Abduh (1849), Sextus Empiricus (160), Shoshenq I (-1000), Sayyid Qutb (1906), Appian (95), and Paul of Thebes (227). After him are Eric Hobsbawm (1917), Pachomius the Great (292), Apollonius of Rhodes (-295), Psamtik I (-700), Lactantius (250), and Hassan al-Banna (1906).
1849 - 1905
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 65
160 - 210
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 66
1000 BC - 924 BC
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 67
1906 - 1966
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 68
95 - 165
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 69
227 - 342
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 70
250 - 287
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 71
1917 - 2012
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 72
292 - 348
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 73
295 BC - 215 BC
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 74
700 BC - 610 BC
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 75
250 - 325
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 76
1906 - 1949
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 77
Among religious figures born in Egypt, Saint Maurice ranks 14. Before him are Miriam (-1400), Moses in Islam (-1392), Tiye (-1398), Saint Apollonia (110), Meritaten (-1400), and Paul of Thebes (227). After him are Pachomius the Great (292), Saint Menas (285), Saint Sarah (100), Mary of Egypt (344), Yusuf al-Qaradawi (1926), and Djet (-3000).
1400 BC - 1274 BC
HPI: 74.86
Rank: 8
1392 BC - 1272 BC
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 9
1398 BC - 1338 BC
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 10
110 - 249
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 11
1400 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 12
227 - 342
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 13
250 - 287
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 14
292 - 348
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 15
285 - 309
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 16
100 - 100
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 17
344 - 421
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 18
1926 - 2022
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 19
3000 BC - 2980 BC
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 20