RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Chiara Badano

1971 - 1990

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Chiara Badano (October 29, 1971 – October 7, 1990) was an Italian woman who has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. At age nine she joined the Focolare Movement and received the nickname "Luce" ("light") by the founder Chiara Lubich. When she was 16, she was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma, a painful bone cancer. Chiara died from the cancer on October 7, 1990, after a two-year battle with the disease. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Chiara Badano is the 2,860th most popular religious figure (down from 2,702nd in 2024), the 3,762nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,701st in 2019) and the 543rd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Chiara Badano ranks 2,859 out of 3,187. Before her are Hirotugu Akaike, Birinus, Cædmon, Roger Mahony, and Ignaty Krachkovsky. After her are Raymond E. Brown, Pope Agrippinus of Alexandria, László Kovács, Manuel González García, Luigi Padovese, Evagrius of Constantinople, and Maturino Blanchet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Chiara Badano ranks 204. Before her are Walton Goggins, Francisco Arce, Duncan Jones, Pascal Zuberbühler, Fredi Bobic, and Lior Raz. After her are Marcelinho Carioca, Emma Thomas, Sabri Lamouchi, Julio César Baldivieso, Anwaar ul Haq Kakar, and Lola Dueñas. Among people deceased in 1990, Chiara Badano ranks 242. Before her are José Luis Panizo, Lotte Jacobi, Larry O'Brien, Jill Esmond, Mary Martin, and Gary Merrill. After her are Ina Balin, Maurice Cloche, Ian Charleson, Ludwig Lachmann, Wilhelm Baumann, and Jadwiga Wajs.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Chiara Badano ranks 3,762 out of 5,161. Before her are Sergio Bianchetto (1939), Cristina Comencini (1956), Virgilio Mantegazza (1889), Giuseppe Galante (1937), and Letizia Moratti (1949). After her are Paolo Barison (1936), Mario Ghella (1929), Renzo De Vecchi (1894), Cesare Burali-Forti (1861), Renato Perona (1927), Jason Connery (1963), and Cecilia Seghizzi (1908).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Chiara Badano ranks 543. Before her are Gaetano Bedini (1806), Giovanni Cheli (1918), Silvano Piovanelli (1924), Ersilio Tonini (1914), Mellitus (600), and Mario Francesco Pompedda (1929). After her are Luigi Padovese (1947), Maturino Blanchet (1892), Lorenzo Piretto (1942), Augusto Paolo Lojudice (1964), Baldassare Reina (1970), and Simona Brambilla (1965).

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