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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Maurice

250 - 287

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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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 870k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Maurice ranks 438 out of 2,238Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 250, Saint Maurice ranks 4Before 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 2Before him is Saint Sebastian.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Saint Maurice ranks 71 out of 582Before 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).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Egypt

Among religious figures born in Egypt, Saint Maurice ranks 14Before 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).