RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Ansgar

801 - 865

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Ansgar (8 September 801 – 3 February 865), also known as Anskar, Saint Ansgar, Saint Anschar or Oscar, was Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen in the northern part of the Kingdom of the East Franks. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ansgar has received more than 355,035 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Ansgar is the 587th most popular religious figure (down from 501st in 2019), the 649th most popular biography from France (down from 560th in 2019) and the 35th most popular French Religious Figure.

Ansgar is most famous for being the first Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen. He was an advisor to Charlemagne and a missionary to Denmark.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ansgar ranks 587 out of 3,187. Before him are Francis of Paola, Muadh ibn Jabal, Camillus de Lellis, Anna the Prophetess, Edward the Confessor, and Umm Kulthum bint Ali. After him are Marcel Lefebvre, Joseph of Cupertino, Ibn Hisham, Nachman of Breslov, Pope Marcellinus, and Columbanus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 801, Ansgar ranks 2. Before him is Al-Kindi. After him are Ya'qubi, Huang Chao, Malcolm I of Scotland, Constantine II of Scotland, Leo Phokas the Elder, Grímur Kamban, Enravota, Theodora, Zoe Zaoutzaina, and Eudokia Dekapolitissa. Among people deceased in 865, Ansgar ranks 1. After him are Æthelberht, King of Wessex, Kassia, and Paschasius Radbertus.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ansgar ranks 649 out of 6,770. Before him are Ariovistus (-101), François Guizot (1787), Louis Blériot (1872), Maurice Chevalier (1888), Hugh the Great (898), and Ferdinand Cheval (1836). After him are Georges Perec (1936), Ausonius (310), Marcel Lefebvre (1905), Pérotin (1160), Marin Marais (1656), and Simone Veil (1927).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Ansgar ranks 35. Before him are Rashi (1040), Suger (1080), Peter the Hermit (1050), Luigi Lucheni (1873), Antipope Clement VII (1342), and Hugues de Payens (1074). After him are Marcel Lefebvre (1905), Pope Stephen IX (1020), Jean Meslier (1664), Peter Waldo (1140), Catherine Labouré (1806), and Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651).

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