RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mariana de Jesús de Paredes

1618 - 1645

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Mariana of Jesus de Paredes (Spanish: Mariana or María Ana de Jesús de Paredes; October 31, 1618 – May 26, 1645) is a Catholic saint and was the first person to be canonized from what is now Ecuador. She was a recluse who is said to have sacrificed herself for the salvation of her city. She was beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1853 and canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1950. She is the patroness saint of Ecuador. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mariana de Jesús de Paredes is the 2,234th most popular religious figure (down from 2,189th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Ecuador (up from 23rd in 2019) and the most popular Ecuadorean Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mariana de Jesús de Paredes ranks 2,234 out of 3,187Before her are Adrian of Canterbury, Telesphore Toppo, Paul Augustin Mayer, Raphael Kalinowski, Witness Lee, and Jayavarman V. After her are Karaindash, Paul Josef Cordes, Giuseppe Versaldi, Vilmos Zsigmond, Enravota, and Aëtius of Antioch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1618, Mariana de Jesús de Paredes ranks 14Before her are François Blondel, Vittoria Farnese, Peter Lely, Juraj Križanić, Jan Dirksz Both, and Michiel Sweerts. After her are Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne, and Abraham Cowley. Among people deceased in 1645, Mariana de Jesús de Paredes ranks 16Before her are Feng Menglong, Mary Ward, Anthony van Diemen, Gaspar de Borja y Velasco, Eudoxia Streshneva, and Sultan Agung of Mataram. After her are William Lawes, and Emilia Lanier.

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In Ecuador

Among people born in Ecuador, Mariana de Jesús de Paredes ranks 19 out of 147Before her are Guillermo Rodríguez (1924), Jamil Mahuad (1949), Eloy Alfaro (1842), Jaime Roldós Aguilera (1940), Rodrigo Borja Cevallos (1935), and León Febres Cordero (1931). After her are Oswaldo Guayasamín (1919), Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (1934), Julio Jaramillo (1935), Andrés Gómez (1960), Abdalá Bucaram (1952), and Álvaro Noboa (1950).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ecuador

Among religious figures born in Ecuador, Mariana de Jesús de Paredes ranks 1After her are Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (1934), Carlos María de la Torre (1873), Antonio José González Zumárraga (1925), and Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz (1912).