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Saint Alphonsa

1910 - 1946

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Saint Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception (19 August 1910 – 28 July 1946), born as Anna Muttathupadathu, was an Indian Catholic nun and educator. She is the first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church, and the first canonized saint of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. Born in Kudamalur, Kerala, Alphonsa joined the Franciscan Clarist Congregation at a young age. She served as a teacher and faced numerous health challenges throughout her life. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saint Alphonsa is the 1,741st most popular religious figure (up from 2,396th in 2019), the 332nd most popular biography from India (up from 517th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Alphonsa ranks 1,741 out of 3,187. Before her are Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Alkmund of Derby, Amfilohije Radović, Mary Ward, Tilopa, and Fouad Twal. After her are Gaspar del Bufalo, Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i, Achille Silvestrini, John Morton, Quirinus of Sescia, and Tekla Juniewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Saint Alphonsa ranks 122. Before her are Kenneth E. Boulding, Bernard Voorhoof, Félix Candela, Artie Shaw, Alex North, and Sylvia Sidney. After her are Fritz Leiber, Bill Pickering, Jane Bell, Heinz Hoffmann, Howlin' Wolf, and Richard Conte. Among people deceased in 1946, Saint Alphonsa ranks 92. Before her are Benjamin I of Constantinople, George Arliss, Joseph Stilwell, Chen Gongbo, Jorge Ubico, and Konstantin Rodzaevsky. After her are Béla Imrédy, Robert Heinrich Wagner, Johannes Vares, Martin Gottfried Weiss, Claus Schilling, and Bo Gu.

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In India

Among people born in India, Saint Alphonsa ranks 332 out of 1,861. Before her are Dashrath Manjhi (1934), Vikram (1966), Vidya Balan (1979), Malaika Arora (1973), Udham Singh (1899), and Tilopa (928). After her are Pulakeshin II (610), Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897), K. B. Hedgewar (1889), Velu Nachiyar (1730), Kalpana Chawla (1961), and Asima Chatterjee (1917).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Saint Alphonsa ranks 36. Before her are Meher Baba (1894), Guru Amar Das (1479), Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856), Zakir Naik (1965), Dashrath Manjhi (1934), and Tilopa (928). After her are Inayat Khan (1882), Wahiduddin Khan (1925), Ivan Dias (1936), Varkey Vithayathil (1927), Anandi Gopal Joshi (1865), and Joseph Vaz (1651).

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