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Maria Skobtsova

1891 - 1945

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Maria Skobtsova (20 [8 Old Calendar] December 1891 – 31 March 1945) was a Russian noblewoman, poet, nun, and member of the French Resistance during World War II. Also known as Mother Maria, Saint Mary of Paris, or Mother Maria of Paris, she has been canonized a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and is remembered with a Lesser Feast in the Episcopal Church, the Anglican Church of Canada, and the Anglican Church of Australia. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Skobtsova is the 2,452nd most popular writer (up from 2,671st in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Latvia (up from 66th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Latvian Writer.

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Among writers, Maria Skobtsova ranks 2,452 out of 7,302. Before her are Wilhelm Worringer, Eric Knight, Fritz Leiber, Israel Zolli, Lytton Strachey, and Samael Aun Weor. After her are Pavel Kohout, Tang Xianzu, James M. Cain, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, William Auld, and Alex Haley.

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Among people born in 1891, Maria Skobtsova ranks 99. Before her are Charles Munch, Julius Raab, Diana Budisavljević, Shizo Kanakuri, Danilo Ilić, and Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch. After her are Fred Kelly, Carl W. Stalling, Carl Jacob Burckhardt, Sultan al-Atrash, Ronald Colman, and Béla Imrédy. Among people deceased in 1945, Maria Skobtsova ranks 174. Before her are Paul Giesler, Ludwig Müller, Richard Thomalla, Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley, and Prince Kan'in Kotohito. After her are Duy Tân, Jambyl Jabayev, Matome Ugaki, Henri Maspero, Gerhard Gentzen, and Volin.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Maria Skobtsova ranks 62 out of 323. Before her are Gustavs Zemgals (1871), Philippe Halsman (1906), Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1804), Alberts Kviesis (1881), Yeshayahu Leibowitz (1903), and Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski (1876). After her are Paulinho (null), Alfred Neuland (1895), Ferdinand Kettler (1655), Anatole Abragam (1914), Evika Siliņa (1975), and Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter (1884).

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Among WRITERS In Latvia

Among writers born in Latvia, Maria Skobtsova ranks 7. Before her are Aron Nimzowitsch (1886), Rainis (1865), Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751), Barbara von Krüdener (1764), Aspazija (1865), and Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski (1876). After her are Vilis Lācis (1904), Vizma Belševica (1931), Yury Tynyanov (1894), Kristjan Jaak Peterson (1801), Krišjānis Barons (1835), and Garlieb Merkel (1769).

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