RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Benedict the Moor

1526 - 1589

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Benedict the Moor (Italian: Benedetto il Moro; 1526 – 4 April 1589) was a Sicilian Franciscan friar. Born of enslaved Africans in San Fratello, he was freed at birth and became known for his charity. As a young man he joined a Franciscan-affiliated hermit group, of which he became the leader. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benedict the Moor has received more than 210,772 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Benedict the Moor is the 1,008th most popular religious figure (up from 1,012th in 2019), the 1,479th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,465th in 2019) and the 311th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

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  • 59.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Benedict the Moor ranks 1,008 out of 3,187. Before him are Eugenia of Rome, Pope Peter I of Alexandria, Veronica Giuliani, Saint David, Hyacinth of Poland, and John of Matha. After him are Jebtsundamba Khutuktu, Primož Trubar, Arnaud Amalric, Alessandro Farnese, Matthew III Csák, and Günter Guillaume.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1526, Benedict the Moor ranks 10. Before him are Elizabeth of Austria, Augustus, Elector of Saxony, Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Rafael Bombelli, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, and Bâkî. After him are Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz, Matsudaira Hirotada, Louis Bertrand, Olympia Fulvia Morata, and Juan Fernández Navarrete. Among people deceased in 1589, Benedict the Moor ranks 6. Before him are Henry III of France, Catherine de' Medici, Jacques Clément, Christophe Plantin, and Anna Maria of the Palatinate. After him are Alessandro Farnese, Johannes Sturm, Bernard Palissy, Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Michael Baius, and Charles II, Lord of Monaco.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Benedict the Moor ranks 1,479 out of 5,161. Before him are Lucio Fulci (1927), Philip I, Prince of Taranto (1278), Pietro Della Valle (1586), Maria Teresa of Savoy (1803), Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione (1837), and Cecilia Gallerani (1473). After him are Giovanni Lanfranco (1582), Carlo Levi (1902), Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1538), Saint Chrysogonus (250), Fabrizio De André (1940), and Felice Gimondi (1942).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Benedict the Moor ranks 311. Before him are Antipope Honorius II (1010), Saint Sabina (100), Giovanni Angelo Becciu (1948), Pietro Gasparri (1852), Eugenia of Rome (180), and Veronica Giuliani (1660). After him are Saint Chrysogonus (250), Anastasius Bibliothecarius (815), Antipope Victor IV (1010), Accursius (1182), Mariano Rampolla (1843), and Fausto Sozzini (1539).

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