RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Margaret Mary Alacoque

1647 - 1690

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Margaret Mary Alacoque (French: Marguerite-Marie Alacoque; 22 July 1647 – 17 October 1690) was a French Visitation nun and mystic who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Margaret Mary Alacoque is the 518th most popular religious figure (down from 468th in 2019), the 503rd most popular biography from France (down from 493rd in 2019) and the 28th most popular French Religious Figure.

Margaret Mary Alacoque is most famous for her visions of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Margaret Mary Alacoque ranks 518 out of 3,187. Before her are Pope Leo V, Haggai, Guru Gobind Singh, Vincent Ferrer, Pope John XIII, and Pope Anastasius II. After her are Kashyapa, James, son of Alphaeus, Umm Salama, Angelo Sodano, Pope Leo VI, and 13th Dalai Lama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1647, Margaret Mary Alacoque ranks 4. Before her are Denis Papin, Maria Sibylla Merian, and Pierre Bayle. After her are John George III, Elector of Saxony, Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, Suleiman of Persia, Giovanni Ceva, John de Britto, Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Constantine Phaulkon, and Elisabeth Hevelius. Among people deceased in 1690, Margaret Mary Alacoque ranks 2. Before her is Charles Le Brun. After her are Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, David Teniers the Younger, Philip William, Elector Palatine, Abraham Brueghel, Giovanni Legrenzi, Michael I Apafi, Adam Frans van der Meulen, Juan de Valdés Leal, and Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira.

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In France

Among people born in France, Margaret Mary Alacoque ranks 503 out of 6,770. Before her are Alfred Binet (1857), Jean-Martin Charcot (1825), Robert Campin (1375), Philippe Noiret (1930), Aimery of Cyprus (1172), and Roger I of Sicily (1031). After her are Louise Élisabeth of France (1727), Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (1781), Adolphe Adam (1803), Jacques Prévert (1900), William of Rubruck (1220), and Étienne de La Boétie (1530).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Margaret Mary Alacoque ranks 28. Before her are Hugues de Payens (1074), Vincent de Paul (1581), Jacques de Molay (1243), Pope Nicholas II (990), Pope Stephen IX (1020), and Genevieve (423). After her are Suger (1080), Jean-Louis Tauran (1943), John Vianney (1786), Marcel Lefebvre (1905), Charles de Foucauld (1858), and Luigi Lucheni (1873).

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