RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Laura Montoya

1874 - 1949

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Laura Montoya, in full María Laura de Jesús Montoya Upegui (26 May 1874 – 21 October 1949), religious name Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena, was a Colombian Roman Catholic religious sister and the founder of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Virgin Mary and Saint Catherine of Siena (1914). She was well known for her work with Indigenous peoples and for acting as a strong role model for South American girls. Pope John Paul II beatified her in 2004 and Pope Francis canonized her as a saint on 12 May 2013. Montoya is the first Colombian to be made a saint. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Laura Montoya is the 2,083rd most popular religious figure (down from 1,525th in 2024), the 49th most popular biography from Colombia (down from 34th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Colombian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Laura Montoya ranks 2,083 out of 3,187. Before her are Paolo Romeo, Giovanni de' Medici, Pacian, Eudoxius of Antioch, Aram I, and Bertha of Kent. After her are Benedict Biscop, Qadi Iyad, Eugenio Dal Corso, Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert, Eduardo Francisco Pironio, and Paul Cremona.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Laura Montoya ranks 113. Before her are Ephraim Moses Lilien, Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov, Pierre Souvestre, Rudolf Maister, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, and Jirō Minami. After her are Bahaeddin Şakir, Fernand Bouisson, Francis Lane, Frank Elmore Ross, William Foulke, and Ernest Duchesne. Among people deceased in 1949, Laura Montoya ranks 97. Before her are Wakatsuki Reijirō, Antoun Saadeh, Charles Dullin, Leonor Michaelis, Wallace Beery, and Nuri Killigil. After her are Nikos Skalkottas, James Forrestal, Henri Rabaud, Kanji Ishiwara, Maria Ouspenskaya, and René Maire.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Laura Montoya ranks 49 out of 356. Before her are Juanes (1972), Catalina Sandino Moreno (1981), Andrés Pastrana Arango (1954), Manuel Amador Guerrero (1833), Faustino Asprilla (1969), and Iván Córdoba (1976). After her are Omayra Sánchez (1972), Laureano Gómez (1889), Faryd Mondragón (1971), Alberto Lleras Camargo (1906), Misael Pastrana Borrero (1923), and Juan Cuadrado (1988).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Colombia

Among religious figures born in Colombia, Laura Montoya ranks 3. Before her are Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1929), and José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez (1919). After her are Rubén Salazar Gómez (1942), Pedro Rubiano Sáenz (1932), and Luis José Rueda Aparicio (1962).

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