RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Dymphna

700 - 700

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Dymphna (also Dimpna, Dymfna, Dimfna, Dympna and Dympha, Irish also Damhnait or Davnet) is a Christian saint honoured in Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions. According to tradition, she lived in the 7th century and was martyred by her father. The story of Dymphna was first recorded in the 13th century by a canon of the Church of Aubert of Avranches at Cambrai, France. It was commissioned by Guiard of Laon, the Bishop of Cambrai (1238–1248). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dymphna is the 1,427th most popular religious figure (up from 1,554th in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from Ireland (up from 94th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Irish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Dymphna ranks 1,427 out of 3,187. Before her are Michael von Faulhaber, Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw, Muslim ibn Aqil, Yohanan ben Zakkai, Ippolito d'Este, and Ludovico Ludovisi. After her are Odilo Scherer, Dionysius of Corinth, Pedro Arrupe, Simon of Trent, João Braz de Aviz, and Zanabazar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700, Dymphna ranks 25. Before her are Piruz Nahavandi, Batbayan, Æscwine of Wessex, Paolo Lucio Anafesto, Maria, wife of Leo III, and Wasil ibn Ata. After her are Dharmakirti, Ardo, Julian the Hospitaller, Coenred of Mercia, Irmina of Oeren, and Ine of Wessex. Among people deceased in 700, Dymphna ranks 10. Before her are Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, Di Renjie, Abdullah ibn Saba', Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Sebeos, and Cunipert. After her are Daṇḍin, Eulji Mundeok, Sajah, Adi ibn Hatim, Callinicus of Heliopolis, and Kumārila Bhaṭṭa.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Dymphna ranks 92 out of 549. Before her are Caitriona Balfe (1979), George Johnstone Stoney (1826), Brian Boru (941), Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie (1810), Edward Mulhare (1923), and Oliver Goldsmith (1728). After her are Edward Carson (1854), Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair (1116), Maureen O'Sullivan (1911), James Barry (1795), Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785), and John Banville (1945).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ireland

Among religious figures born in Ireland, Dymphna ranks 8. Before her are Kevin Farrell (1947), Columbanus (540), Columba (521), Mary Jane Kelly (1863), Saint Fiacre (607), and Seán Brady (1939). After her are Saint Kilian (640), Kevin of Glendalough (498), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), Adomnán (624), Catald (700), and Aidan of Lindisfarne (600).

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