RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Antipas of Pergamum

100 - 92

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According to Eastern Orthodox traditions, according to the Commentary on the Apocalypse of Andreas of Caesarea, it is believed that Saint Antipas was the Antipas referred to in Revelation 2:13, as the verse says: "I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth." According to Christian tradition, John the Apostle ordained Antipas as bishop of Pergamon during the reign of the Roman emperor Nero. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antipas of Pergamum has received more than 638,799 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Antipas of Pergamum is the 701st most popular religious figure (up from 839th in 2019), the 270th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 387th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

Antipas of Pergamum is most famous for his role in the death of John the Baptist.

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  • 640k

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  • 64.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Antipas of Pergamum ranks 701 out of 3,187. Before him are Scholastica, 6th Dalai Lama, Pancras of Rome, Lydia of Thyatira, Martin de Porres, and Gertrude the Great. After him are Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Abdullah ibn Salam, Epiphanius of Salamis, Thomas Wolsey, Émile Benveniste, and Johann Tetzel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 100, Antipas of Pergamum ranks 15. Before him are Saint Sarah, Pope Victor I, Pope Telesphorus, Pope Hyginus, Justin Martyr, and Lydia of Thyatira. After him are Ananias of Damascus, Philemon, Cornelius the Centurion, Mary the Jewess, Marcus Annius Verus, and Philip the Evangelist. Among people deceased in 92, Antipas of Pergamum ranks 2. Before him is Pope Anacletus. After him are Ban Gu, and Aristobulus of Chalcis.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Antipas of Pergamum ranks 270 out of 1,347. Before him are Isidore of Miletus (442), Alexander Ypsilantis (1792), Thomas Palaiologos (1409), Pancras of Rome (289), Lydia of Thyatira (100), and Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha (1635). After him are Libanius (314), Gülbahar Hatun (1429), Süleyman Çelebi (1377), Aristagoras (-600), Thrasymachus (-459), and Hümaşah Sultan (1540).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Antipas of Pergamum ranks 40. Before him are Theophanes the Confessor (758), Basilios Bessarion (1403), Evagrius Ponticus (345), Said Nursî (1877), Pancras of Rome (289), and Lydia of Thyatira (100). After him are Euphemia (289), Haran (null), Apollinaris of Ravenna (101), Erasmus of Formia (300), Theodora (815), and Onesimus (1).

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