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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Basilios Bessarion

1403 - 1472

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Bessarion (Greek: Βησσαρίων; 2 January 1403 – 18 November 1472) was a Byzantine Greek Renaissance humanist, theologian, Catholic cardinal and one of the famed Greek scholars who contributed to the so-called great revival of letters in the 15th century. He was educated by Gemistus Pletho in Neoplatonic philosophy and later served as the titular Latin Patriarch of Constantinople. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Basilios Bessarion has received more than 116,673 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Basilios Bessarion is the 664th most popular religious figure (down from 589th in 2019), the 267th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 260th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

Basilios Bessarion was a Greek scholar, diplomat, and cardinal. He is most famous for his efforts to reunite the Eastern Orthodox Church with the Roman Catholic Church.

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  • 64.27

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  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.20

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Basilios Bessarion ranks 664 out of 2,238. Before him are Isaac Luria, Charles Taze Russell, Pontius Pilate's wife, Isaac of Nineveh, William Tyndale, and Je Tsongkhapa. After him are Billy Graham, Giulia Farnese, Benkei, Zayd ibn Ali, Robert of Molesme, and Tarcisio Bertone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1403, Basilios Bessarion ranks 2. Before him is Charles VII of France. After him are John IV of Trebizond, Louis III of Anjou, Maria of Aragon, Queen of Castile, Ali Qushji, Giovanni di Paolo, Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria, and Fernando I, Duke of Braganza. Among people deceased in 1472, Basilios Bessarion ranks 3. Before him are Leon Battista Alberti and Michelozzo. After him are Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy, Nezahualcoyotl, Gaston IV, Count of Foix, Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Janus Pannonius, George of Trebizond, and John Vitéz.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Basilios Bessarion ranks 267 out of 1,301. Before him are Theodora Porphyrogenita (984), Fahri Korutürk (1903), Theodore the Studite (759), Ctesias (-440), Thābit ibn Qurra (836), and Astyanax (null). After him are Suleiman ibn Qutulmish (1100), Attalus II Philadelphus (-220), Socrates of Constantinople (380), Julius Martov (1873), Seleucus II Callinicus (-265), and Abgar V (-1).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Turkey

Among religious figures born in Turkey, Basilios Bessarion ranks 40. Before him are Dorothea of Caesarea (279), Sabbas the Sanctified (439), Dionysius Exiguus (475), Theophanes the Confessor (758), Gregory Thaumaturgus (213), and Pancras of Rome (289). After him are Philemon (100), Theodora (815), Lydia of Thyatira (100), Erasmus of Formia (300), Theophilus of Antioch (140), and Said Nursî (1877).

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