RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Gildas

500 - 570

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Gildas (English pronunciation: , Breton: Gweltaz; c. 450/500 – c. 570) — also known as Gildas Badonicus, Gildas fab Caw (in Middle Welsh texts and antiquarian works) and Gildas Sapiens (Gildas the Wise) — was a 6th-century British monk best known for his religious polemic De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, which recounts the history of the Britons before and during the coming of the Saxons. He is one of the best-documented figures of the Christian church in the British Isles during the sub-Roman period, and was renowned for his Biblical knowledge and literary style. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gildas has received more than 578,410 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Gildas is the 1,172nd most popular religious figure (up from 1,192nd in 2019), the 1,243rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,328th in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Gildas ranks 1,172 out of 3,187. Before him are Abo of Tiflis, Dawud al-Zahiri, Hilarion, Didymus the Blind, Isaac of Armenia, and Amandus. After him are Karekin II, Johannes Magnus, Begga, Berthold, Demetrios I of Constantinople, and Gisela, Abbess of Chelles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500, Gildas ranks 20. Before him are Priscian, Antipope Laurentius, Muqan Qaghan, Ernak, Hormizd III, and Theudigisel. After him are Gerasimus of the Jordan, Wacho, Rechiar, Godomar II, Sigobert the Lame, and Ambrosius Aurelianus. Among people deceased in 570, Gildas ranks 4. Before him are Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, John Philoponus, and Olympiodorus the Younger. After him are Aregund, and Waldrada.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gildas ranks 1,243 out of 8,785. Before him are John Entwistle (1944), Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869), Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883), William McDougall (1871), Ebenezer Howard (1850), and Anthony Daniels (1946). After him are Jack Bruce (1943), Glenn Tipton (1947), Frank Lampard (1978), Alan Shearer (1970), Michael Scot (1175), and Thomas Reid (1710).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Gildas ranks 28. Before him are Reginald Pole (1500), Stephen Harding (1059), John Fisher (1469), Edith Cavell (1865), George Fox (1624), and Annie Chapman (1841). After him are Keith O'Brien (1938), Hudson Taylor (1832), Saint Malachy (1094), William Booth (1829), Simon Stock (1164), and Catherine Eddowes (1842).

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