RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Elizabeth Hesselblad

1870 - 1957

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Maria Elizabeth Hesselblad, OSsS (4 June 1870 – 24 April 1957), was a Swedish Catholic religious sister who founded a new, active, branch of the Bridgettines known as the Bridgettine Sisters. Hesselblad is recognised as a Righteous Among the Nations due to her efforts in World War II saving the lives of Jews during the genocide of the Holocaust. Pope John Paul II beatified her on 9 April 2000 and Pope Francis canonised her 5 June 2016 at Saint Peter's Square. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elizabeth Hesselblad is the 1,581st most popular religious figure (up from 2,460th in 2019), the 314th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 641st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Swedish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Elizabeth Hesselblad ranks 1,581 out of 3,187. Before her are Antoninus of Florence, Paisius Velichkovsky, Gustav Trolle, Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri, Julian of Antioch, and Didacus of Alcalá. After her are Filaret, Scipione Rebiba, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Benno, Saint Kilian, and Juan de Zumárraga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Elizabeth Hesselblad ranks 68. Before her are Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria, Herbert Kilpin, Annie Londonderry, David Riazanov, Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, and Guillaume Lekeu. After her are Vladimir Purishkevich, Géza Maróczy, Leonid Krasin, Saki, Conrad Böcker, and Amadeo Giannini. Among people deceased in 1957, Elizabeth Hesselblad ranks 87. Before her are Josef Hofmann, Washington Luís, Zhou Xuan, Rezső Kasztner, Paul Walden, and Carlos Castillo Armas. After her are Albert Anastasia, Ernst Gräfenberg, Prince Franz of Bavaria, Gheorghe Tătărescu, Claude Farrère, and Wilhelm Filchner.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Elizabeth Hesselblad ranks 314 out of 1,879. Before her are Stig Blomqvist (1946), Siw Malmkvist (1936), Elsa Beskow (1874), Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken (1670), Gustav Trolle (1488), and Bengt Strömgren (1908). After her are Eli Heckscher (1879), Lars Fredrik Nilson (1840), Arvid Lindman (1862), Daniel Solander (1733), Eva Dahlbeck (1920), and Bo Widerberg (1930).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Sweden

Among religious figures born in Sweden, Elizabeth Hesselblad ranks 10. Before her are Olaus Magnus (1490), Catherine of Vadstena (1331), Lars Levi Laestadius (1800), Johannes Magnus (1488), Prince Oscar Bernadotte (1859), and Gustav Trolle (1488). After her are Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna (1417), Laurentius Petri (1499), Ulf Ekman (1950), Anders Wejryd (1948), and Eva Brunne (1954).

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