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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Benno

1010 - 1106

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Benno (c. 1010 – 16 June 1106) was named Bishop of Meissen in 1066. Venerated since the 13th century, he was canonized in 1523. Benno did much for his diocese, both by ecclesiastical reforms on the Hildebrandine model and by material developments. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benno has received more than 58,600 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Benno is the 1,228th most popular religious figure (up from 1,244th in 2019), the 1,840th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,061st in 2019) and the 44th most popular German Religious Figure.

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  • 56.30

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.73

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  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Benno ranks 1,228 out of 2,238Before him are Ibn Asakir, Georg Ratzinger, Daniel the Stylite, Pier Giorgio Frassati, Anna Vyrubova, and Moses ben Jacob Cordovero. After him are Anandi Gopal Joshi, Pierre de Castelnau, Michael Michai Kitbunchu, Filaret, Ram, and Shenoute.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1010, Benno ranks 10Before him are Andrew I of Hungary, Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Robert de Craon, Antipope Honorius II, Antipope Victor IV, and Gallus Anonymus. After him are William Iron Arm, Drogo of Hauteville, Anno II, Eustace I, Count of Boulogne, Ernest II, Duke of Swabia, and Morphia of Melitene. Among people deceased in 1106, Benno ranks 5Before him are Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Yusuf ibn Tashfin, Nestor the Chronicler, and Magnus, Duke of Saxony. After him are Minamoto no Yoshiie and Geoffrey IV, Count of Anjou.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Benno ranks 1,840 out of 6,142Before him are George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1605), Hermann Weingärtner (1864), Ernest, Duke of Bavaria (1373), Axel Springer (1912), Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1784), and Ernst Gräfenberg (1881). After him are Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau (1837), Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667), Walter Buch (1883), Judith of Swabia (1054), Wolfgang Sawallisch (1923), and William, Duke of Brunswick (1806).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Benno ranks 44Before him are Arnold Janssen (1837), Saint Afra (300), Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1679), Regino of Prüm (842), Prince Georg of Bavaria (1880), and Georg Ratzinger (1924). After him are Frederick of Utrecht (780), Johannes Oecolampadius (1482), Augustin Bea (1881), Gerhard Ludwig Müller (1947), Anna Schäffer (1882), and George Müller (1805).