RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Alexandrina of Balazar

1904 - 1955

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Alexandrina Maria da Costa (30 March 1904 – 13 October 1955), best known as Blessed Alexandrina of Balazar, was a Portuguese mystic and victim soul, member of the Association of Salesian Cooperators, who was born and died in Balazar (a rural parish of Póvoa de Varzim). On 25 April 2004, she was declared blessed by Pope John Paul II who stated that "her secret to holiness was love for Christ". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexandrina of Balazar is the 1,890th most popular religious figure (down from 1,504th in 2019), the 225th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 186th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Portuguese Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Alexandrina of Balazar ranks 1,890 out of 3,187. Before her are Julian of Toledo, Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi, Francesco Montenegro, Carlo Furno, John of Shanghai and San Francisco, and Juraj Križanić. After her are Maximilian Henry of Bavaria, Luigi Sturzo, Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, James Alberione, John Gualbert, and José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Alexandrina of Balazar ranks 132. Before her are Aparicio Méndez, Max Mallowan, Juan José Arévalo, Seán MacBride, Walter Heitler, and Berta Karlik. After her are Frederick Ashton, Edgar P. Jacobs, Vilis Lācis, Delmer Daves, Cecil Beaton, and William L. Shirer. Among people deceased in 1955, Alexandrina of Balazar ranks 75. Before her are Reiner Stahel, Louis Lachenal, Carl Milles, Arthur Tansley, Isak Samokovlija, and Holger Nielsen. After her are Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Hubert Cecil Booth, H. J. R. Murray, Isaak Dunayevsky, Tribhuvan of Nepal, and Theodor Innitzer.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Alexandrina of Balazar ranks 225 out of 633. Before her are Mísia (1955), Manuel Clemente (1948), Mariana Alcoforado (1640), Pauleta (1973), Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Braganza (1806), and Maria Teresa Horta (1937). After her are Francisco Serrão (1500), Carlos do Carmo (1939), Leonor Teles (1350), Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark (1211), Nuno Gomes (1976), and Carlos Seixas (1704).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Portugal

Among religious figures born in Portugal, Alexandrina of Balazar ranks 14. Before her are John de Britto (1647), Beatrice of Silva (1424), Pelagio Galvani (1165), António de Andrade (1580), José Policarpo (1936), and Manuel Clemente (1948). After her are António Marto (1947), James of Portugal (1433), John of Biclaro (540), José Tolentino de Mendonça (1965), Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira (1888), and Simão Rodrigues (1510).

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