RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mary Ward

1585 - 1645

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Mary Ward, IBVM CJ (23 January 1585 – 30 January 1645) was an English Catholic religious sister whose activities led to the founding of the Congregation of Jesus and the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, better known as the Sisters of Loreto. There is now a network of around 200 Mary Ward schools worldwide. Ward was declared venerable by Pope Benedict XVI on 19 December 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Ward is the 1,738th most popular religious figure (down from 1,718th in 2019), the 2,032nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,951st in 2019) and the 48th most popular British Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mary Ward ranks 1,738 out of 3,187. Before her are Ludwig Müller, Teodolfo Mertel, John I of Antioch, Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Alkmund of Derby, and Amfilohije Radović. After her are Tilopa, Fouad Twal, Saint Alphonsa, Gaspar del Bufalo, Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i, and Achille Silvestrini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1585, Mary Ward ranks 13. Before her are Anna of Tyrol, Jacob Le Maire, Lucilio Vanini, Zacharias Janssen, Jacques Lemercier, and John Rolfe. After her are Massimo Stanzione, Hamnet Shakespeare, Johann Baptist Cysat, Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, and Claude Favre de Vaugelas. Among people deceased in 1645, Mary Ward ranks 11. Before her are Li Zicheng, Francisco de Quevedo, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Nur Jahan, Marie de Gournay, and Feng Menglong. After her are Anthony van Diemen, Gaspar de Borja y Velasco, Eudoxia Streshneva, Sultan Agung of Mataram, Mariana de Jesús de Paredes, and William Lawes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Ward ranks 2,032 out of 8,785. Before her are Don Thompson (1933), W. Ross Ashby (1903), Mark Sykes (1879), John Taverner (1490), Alkmund of Derby (800), and John Hannah (1962). After her are Anthony Collins (1676), Anthony Quayle (1913), Eglantyne Jebb (1876), John Marston (1576), Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415), and Ian Callaghan (1942).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Mary Ward ranks 48. Before her are Hudson Taylor (1832), Catherine Eddowes (1842), John Ball (1338), Dunstan (909), Paul Gallagher (1954), and Alkmund of Derby (800). After her are John Morton (1420), Willibald (700), Julian of Norwich (1342), Malo (487), Oswald of Northumbria (604), and Matthew Festing (1949).

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