RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Bérenger Saunière

1852 - 1917

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François-Bérenger Saunière (11 April 1852 – 22 January 1917) was a French Catholic priest in the village of Rennes-le-Château, in the Aude region. He was a central figure in the conspiracy theories surrounding the village, which form the basis of several documentaries and books such as the 1982 Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln. Elements of these theories were later used by Dan Brown in his best-selling 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code, in which the fictional character Jacques Saunière is named after the priest.Saunière served in Rennes-le-Château from 1885 until he was transferred to another village in 1909 by his bishop. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bérenger Saunière has received more than 209,660 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bérenger Saunière is the 1,483rd most popular religious figure (down from 1,238th in 2019), the 2,446th most popular biography from France (down from 2,012th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular French Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bérenger Saunières by language

Over the past year Bérenger Saunière has had the most page views in the with 47,570 views, followed by English (22,942), and Spanish (8,330). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (67.96%), Slovenian (45.75%), and Hungarian (38.64%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Bérenger Saunière ranks 1,483 out of 3,187. Before him are Jianzhen, Judoc, Andrew Corsini, Nagasena, Luigi Orione, and Antoninus of Florence. After him are Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria, Walter Brandmüller, Anan ben David, Constantine, Felix of Nola, and Franjo Šeper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Bérenger Saunière ranks 47. Before him are Théophile Delcassé, John Henry Poynting, Joseph Freinademetz, Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Vera Figner, and Friedrich Loeffler. After him are Arnold Toynbee, Charles W. Fairbanks, Leopoldo Alas, John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, Bruno Abakanowicz, and Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal. Among people deceased in 1917, Bérenger Saunière ranks 44. Before him are Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz, Octave Lapize, Sarah Aaronsohn, Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev, Georges Guynemer, and Ivan Goremykin. After him are Duke Philipp of Württemberg, Eric Campbell, Carolus-Duran, Spyridon Samaras, Édouard Drumont, and Eugène Grasset.

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In France

Among people born in France, Bérenger Saunière ranks 2,446 out of 6,770. Before him are Judoc (600), Maurice Pialat (1925), Maximilien Luce (1858), Roger Peyrefitte (1907), Geneviève Page (1927), and Jo Schlesser (1928). After him are Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788), Jacques Pills (1906), Marguerite Gérard (1761), Antoine Coysevox (1640), Blanche of Artois (1248), and Félix d'Herelle (1873).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Bérenger Saunière ranks 123. Before him are Peter Bartholomew (1100), Jean-Marie Lustiger (1926), Urbain Grandier (1590), Germanus of Auxerre (378), Bernard of Menthon (923), and Judoc (600). After him are Maurice de Sully (1110), Madeleine Sophie Barat (1779), Mamertus (401), Hugh of Châteauneuf (1053), Jean Daniélou (1905), and Guillaume Dubois (1656).

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