RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Angela Merici

1474 - 1540

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Angela Merici ( mə-REE-chee; Italian: [ˈandʒela (de) meˈriːtʃi]; 21 March 1474 – 27 January 1540) was an Italian Catholic religious educator who founded the Company of St. Ursula in 1535 in Brescia, in which women dedicated their lives to the service of the church through the education of girls. From this organisation later sprang the Order of Saint Ursula, whose nuns established places of prayer and learning throughout Europe and, later, worldwide, most notably in North America. After her death, Merici was venerated by Catholics around the world and a cause for sainthood was opened. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Angela Merici is the 643rd most popular religious figure (down from 610th in 2019), the 771st most popular biography from Italy (down from 712th in 2019) and the 255th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Angela Merici is most famous for founding the Ursuline order of nuns in 1535.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Angela Merici ranks 643 out of 3,187. Before her are Seraphim of Sarov, Apollos, Thomas Becket, Billy Graham, Columbanus, and Hind bint Utbah. After her are Pope Adrian IV, Gamaliel, Umm Kulthum bint Ali, Junayd of Baghdad, Henry Molaison, and Maudgalyayana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1474, Angela Merici ranks 3. Before her are Ludovico Ariosto, and Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia. After her are Isabella d'Este, Giulia Farnese, Juan Diego, Mariotto Albertinelli, Tuman bay II, Frederick of Saxony, Anacaona, Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and Perkin Warbeck. Among people deceased in 1540, Angela Merici ranks 4. Before her are John Zápolya, Parmigianino, and Rosso Fiorentino. After her are Thomas Cromwell, Francesco Guicciardini, Juan Luis Vives, Tristão da Cunha, Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Dawit II, Guillaume Budé, and Joos van Cleve.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Angela Merici ranks 771 out of 5,161. Before her are Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723), Gianni Agnelli (1921), Arnolfo di Cambio (1240), Prince Napoléon Bonaparte (1822), Dino Buzzati (1906), and Titus Pomponius Atticus (-110). After her are Luca Giordano (1634), Faustina the Younger (125), Gianluigi Buffon (1978), Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (-229), Aulus Gellius (123), and Luca della Robbia (1399).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Angela Merici ranks 255. Before her are Francis of Paola (1416), Saint Rosalia (1130), Pope Donus (610), Beatrice Portinari (1265), Camillus de Lellis (1550), and Jacobus da Varagine (1228). After her are Peter Lombard (1096), Tarcisius (263), Saint Eustace (10), Scholastica (480), Alexius of Rome (400), and Antipope Felix II (300).

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