RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Benedict Biscop

628 - 690

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Benedict Biscop (c. 628 – 690), also known as Biscop Baducing, was an Anglo-Saxon abbot and founder of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Priory (where he also founded the famous library) and was considered a saint after his death. It has been suggested that Baducing appears as Biscop Beding the son of Beda Bubbing, King of Mercia in the Lyndsey/Lindfearnan lists of geneaologies held by the Anglian Collection and great-grandfather of Alfred The Great. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benedict Biscop has received more than 125,448 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Benedict Biscop is the 2,117th most popular religious figure (down from 1,894th in 2019), the 2,464th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,390th in 2019) and the 60th most popular British Religious Figure.

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  • 130k

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  • 51.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Benedict Biscop ranks 2,117 out of 3,187. Before him are James Michael Harvey, Lobsang Yeshe, 5th Panchen Lama, Lazarus You Heung-sik, Wolfgang Haas, Giovanni de' Medici, and Simão Rodrigues. After him are Achille Silvestrini, Domenico Ferrata, Mohammad Yunus Khalis, Cosmas of Maiuma, Nicholas of Lyra, and Luigi Maglione.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 628, Benedict Biscop ranks 3. Before him are Emperor Gaozong of Tang, and Princess Wencheng.  Among people deceased in 690, Benedict Biscop ranks 5. Before him are Batbayan, Paul of Aegina, Julian of Toledo, and Al-Bara' ibn Azib. After him is Theodore of Tarsus.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Benedict Biscop ranks 2,464 out of 8,785. Before him are Martin Lings (1909), Fatboy Slim (1963), Peter Sutcliffe (1946), Roy Harrod (1900), Peter Frampton (1950), and George Arnott Walker-Arnott (1799). After him are Sydney Chapman (1888), Richard Marquand (1937), Robert Kerr (1755), David Bailey (1938), Paul Smith (1946), and Geoff Bent (1932).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Benedict Biscop ranks 60. Before him are Roger Deakins (1949), Joseph Butler (1692), Cuthbert (635), Charles Wesley (1707), Lullus (710), and George Cruikshank (1792). After him are Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (1516), Agnes Baden-Powell (1858), Andrew Bell (1753), Hugh Latimer (1485), Asser (900), and Edmund Campion (1540).

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