RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Monica

332 - 387

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Monica (c. 332 – 387) was an early North African Christian saint and the mother of Augustine of Hippo. She is remembered and honored in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, albeit on different feast days, for her outstanding Christian virtues, particularly the suffering caused by her husband's adultery, and her prayerful life dedicated to the reformation of her son, who wrote extensively of her pious acts and life with her in his Confessions. Popular Christian legends recall Monica weeping every night for her son Augustine. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saint Monica is the 405th most popular religious figure (down from 321st in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Algerian Religious Figure.

Saint Monica is most famous for her role in the conversion of her son, Augustine, to Christianity.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Monica ranks 405 out of 3,187. Before her are Pope Lando, Giovanni Battista Re, Nehemiah, Pope Zachary, Hosea, and Pope Adeodatus II. After her are Pope John VII, Saint Sava, Pope Sergius II, Pope Anastasius III, Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, and Faustina Kowalska.

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Among people born in 332, Saint Monica ranks 1. After her is Moses the Black. Among people deceased in 387, Saint Monica ranks 1. 

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Saint Monica ranks 9 out of 213. Before her are Macrinus (164), Apuleius (125), Tariq ibn Ziyad (670), Jacques Derrida (1930), Yves Saint Laurent (1936), and Jugurtha (-160). After her are Louis Althusser (1918), Édouard-Henri Avril (1849), Ahmed Ben Bella (1916), Abdelmadjid Tebboune (1945), Juba II (-52), and Emir Abdelkader (1808).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Algeria

Among religious figures born in Algeria, Saint Monica ranks 1. After her are Sidi Boushaki (1394), Jean-Marc Aveline (1958), Maximilian of Tebessa (274), Ahmad al-Tijani (1735), Abdelhamid Ben Badis (1889), and Optatus (400).

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