RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Monica

332 - 387

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Monica (c. 332 – 387) was an early North African Christian saint and the mother of Augustine of Hippo. She is remembered and honored in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, albeit on different feast days, for her outstanding Christian virtues, particularly the suffering caused by her husband's adultery, and her prayerful life dedicated to the reformation of her son, who wrote extensively of her pious acts and life with her in his Confessions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint Monica has received more than 1,557,434 page views. Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Saint Monica is the 321st most popular religious figure (up from 360th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Algeria (up from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Algerian Religious Figure.

Saint Monica is most famous for her role in the conversion of her son, Augustine, to Christianity.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Monica ranks 321 out of 3,187. Before her are Pope Clement II, Cyprian, Pope Nicholas I, Joel, Pope Innocent I, and Pope Alexander IV. After her are Saint Ursula, Pope Sixtus I, Muhammad al-Mahdi, Pope Gregory IV, Pope Victor III, and Abd Allah ibn Abbas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 332, Saint Monica ranks 1. After her is Moses the Black. Among people deceased in 387, Saint Monica ranks 1. 

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Saint Monica ranks 8 out of 213. Before her are Albert Camus (1913), Apuleius (125), Tariq ibn Ziyad (670), Jacques Derrida (1930), Yves Saint Laurent (1936), and Macrinus (164). After her are Louis Althusser (1918), Jugurtha (-160), Ahmed Ben Bella (1916), Emir Abdelkader (1808), Juba II (-52), and Édouard-Henri Avril (1849).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Algeria

Among religious figures born in Algeria, Saint Monica ranks 1. After her are Ahmad al-Tijani (1735), Sidi Boushaki (1394), Abdelhamid Ben Badis (1889), Maximilian of Tebessa (274), Optatus (400), and Jean-Marc Aveline (1958).

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