RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Faith

290 - 303

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Saint Faith, Saint Faith of Conques or Saint Faith of Agen (Latin: Sancta Fides; French: Sainte Foy; Spanish: Santa Fe) is a saint who is said to have been a girl or young woman of Agen in Aquitaine. Her legend recounts how she was arrested during persecution of Christians by the Roman Empire and refused to make pagan sacrifices. Saint Faith was tortured to death with a red-hot brazier. Her death is sometimes said to have occurred in the year 287 or 290, sometimes in the large-scale Diocletianic Persecution beginning in 303. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saint Faith is the 1,900th most popular religious figure (down from 1,635th in 2019), the 2,895th most popular biography from France (down from 2,719th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Faith ranks 1,900 out of 3,187. Before her are James Alberione, John Gualbert, José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, Giacomo Antonelli, Al-Baqillani, and Polyeuctus of Constantinople. After her are Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, Anan ben David, Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Zerah, Abraham a Sancta Clara, and Peter of Vaux-de-Cernay.

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Among people born in 290, Saint Faith ranks 8. Before her are Pope Mark, Pappus of Alexandria, Eulalia of Mérida, Emperor Nintoku, Eulalia of Barcelona, and Flavia Julia Constantia. After her is Titus Calpurnius Siculus. Among people deceased in 303, Saint Faith ranks 17. Before her are Procopius of Scythopolis, Fermin, Lu Ji, Victor Maurus, Victorinus of Pettau, and Alexander of Bergamo. After her are Cassian of Imola, Romanus of Caesarea, and Genesius of Rome.

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In France

Among people born in France, Saint Faith ranks 2,895 out of 6,770. Before her are Claude Alexandre de Bonneval (1675), Félix Vicq-d'Azyr (1748), Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau (1715), Favorinus (85), Bernard Farcy (1949), and Jean Lefebvre (1919). After her are Roger Pingeon (1940), Léon Brunschvicg (1869), Louise Colet (1810), Auguste Herbin (1882), Patrick Strzoda (1952), and Jean Castex (1965).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Saint Faith ranks 152. Before her are Louis Billot (1846), Louis Antoine de Noailles (1651), John Francis Regis (1597), Albinus of Angers (470), Bernard de Montfaucon (1655), and Richard Simon (1638). After her are Jean du Bellay (1492), Jean du Vergier de Hauranne (1581), Érard de la Marck (1472), Peter Julian Eymard (1811), Sulpitius the Pious (576), and Emmeram of Regensburg (600).

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