RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Arius

256 - 336

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Arius (; Koinē Greek: Ἄρειος, Áreios; 250 or 256 – 336) was a Cyrenaic presbyter, ascetic, and priest. He has been traditionally regarded as the founder of Arianism, which holds that Jesus Christ was not coeternal with God the Father, but was rather created before time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arius has received more than 1,604,684 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Arius is the 111th most popular religious figure (down from 93rd in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Libya (down from 4th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Libyan Religious Figure.

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Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 76.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 67

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Arius ranks 111 out of 3,187. Before him are Bernard of Clairvaux, Aminah, Elizabeth, Simon the Zealot, Huldrych Zwingli, and Pope Urban VIII. After him are Methuselah, Ahmed Yassin, Agatha of Sicily, Pope Pius II, Thérèse of Lisieux, and Esther.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 256, Arius ranks 1. After him is Hosius of Corduba. Among people deceased in 336, Arius ranks 1. After him is Pope Mark.

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    Arius

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    256 - 336

    HPI: 76.11

    Rank: 1

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    Pope Mark

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    290 - 336

    HPI: 69.29

    Rank: 2

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In Libya

Among people born in Libya, Arius ranks 5 out of 76. Before him are Eratosthenes (-276), Muammar Gaddafi (1942), Mark the Evangelist (10), and Septimius Severus (145). After him are Aristippus (-434), Omar Mukhtar (1858), Simon of Cyrene (-100), Callimachus (-310), Idris of Libya (1889), Pope Victor I (100), and Khalifa Haftar (1943).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Libya

Among religious figures born in Libya, Arius ranks 2. Before him are Mark the Evangelist (10). After him are Pope Victor I (100).

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