RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Rosalia

1130 - 1166

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Rosalia (Italian: [rozaˈliːa]; Sicilian: Rusulìa; 1130–1166), nicknamed la Santuzza ("the Little Saint"), is the patron saint of Palermo in Italy, Camargo in Chihuahua, and three towns in Venezuela: El Hatillo, Zuata, and El Playón. She is especially important internationally as a saint invoked in times of plague. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint Rosalia has received more than 413,463 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Saint Rosalia is the 522nd most popular religious figure (down from 488th in 2019), the 594th most popular biography from Italy (down from 575th in 2019) and the 222nd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Saint Rosalia is most famous for being the patron saint of Palermo, Sicily. She is also the patron saint of people who have been bitten by rabid dogs.

Memorability Metrics

  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Rosalia ranks 522 out of 3,187. Before her are Rashi, Tamar, Abbas ibn Ali, Suger, Desmond Tutu, and Theodore of Amasea. After her are Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, Pope Zephyrinus, John Climacus, Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, Ibn Hazm, and Pope Miltiades.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1130, Saint Rosalia ranks 5. Before her are Zhu Xi, William of Tyre, Pope Clement III, and Baldwin III of Jerusalem. After her are Géza II of Hungary, Toghrul, Rashid ad-Din Sinan, Benjamin of Tudela, Charles VII of Sweden, Akka Mahadevi, and Magnus II of Sweden. Among people deceased in 1166, Saint Rosalia ranks 3. Before her are Abdul Qadir Gilani, and Ahmad Yasawi. After her are William I of Sicily, Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Provence, Constantine Angelos, and Yasovarman II.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Saint Rosalia ranks 594 out of 5,161. Before her are Bona Sforza (1494), Niccolò dell'Abbate (1512), Roberto Mancini (1964), Giorgio Moroder (1940), Francis I of the Two Sicilies (1777), and Charles Ponzi (1882). After her are Livius Andronicus (-280), Carlo Ponti (1912), Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (1545), Bianca Maria Sforza (1472), Pope Zephyrinus (150), and Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1541).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Saint Rosalia ranks 222. Before her are Alphonsus Liguori (1696), Anastasia of Sirmium (281), Dominic Savio (1842), Aloysius Gonzaga (1568), Denis (210), and Saint Eustace (10). After her are Pope Zephyrinus (150), Pope Miltiades (250), Pope Agapetus I (490), Pope Stephen VI (850), Pope Stephen II (715), and Pope Boniface II (470).

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