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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Columba

521 - 597

Columba

Columba () or Colmcille (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is today Scotland at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission. He founded the important abbey on Iona, which became a dominant religious and political institution in the region for centuries. He is the patron saint of Derry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Columba has received more than 1,602,105 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Columba is the 851st most popular religious figure (down from 750th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Religious Figure.

Columba is most famous for the Columban monastic order. Columba was a missionary monk who traveled to Scotland and Ireland in the 6th century. He founded several monasteries, including Iona Abbey in Scotland.

Memorability Metrics

1.6M
Page Views (PV)
60.68
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
51
Languages Editions (L)
3.95
Effective Languages (L*)
5.05
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Columba ranks 851 out of 2,238. Before him are Saint Silvia, Diego de Landa, Antipas of Pergamum, Simeon of Jerusalem, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and Zeno of Verona. After him are Theodore Stratelates, Abd Manaf ibn Qusai, Jane Frances de Chantal, Thibaud Gaudin, Andrew Kim Taegon, and Peter of Alcantara.

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Saint Silvia
515 - 592
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 845
Diego de Landa
1524 - 1579
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 846
Antipas of Pergamum
100 - 92
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 847
Simeon of Jerusalem
100 - 107
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 848
Menachem Mendel Schneerson
1902 - 1994
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 849
Zeno of Verona
300 - 371
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 850
Columba
521 - 597
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 851
Theodore Stratelates
281 - 319
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 852
Abd Manaf ibn Qusai
430 - 600
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 853
Jane Frances de Chantal
1572 - 1641
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 854
Thibaud Gaudin
1229 - 1292
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 855
Andrew Kim Taegon
1821 - 1846
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 856
Peter of Alcantara
1499 - 1562
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 857

Contemporaries

Among people born in 521, Columba ranks 1. After him is Simeon Stylites the Younger. Among people deceased in 597, Columba ranks 2. Before him is Fredegund. After him are Zhiyi, Simeon Stylites the Younger, and Ceol of Wessex.