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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 scathing 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 529,936 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Gildas is the 1,201st most popular religious figure (down from 1,176th in 2019), the 1,332nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,417th in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 530k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Gildas ranks 1,201 out of 2,238. Before him are Angelus of Jerusalem, Peter the Venerable, Maria Domenica Mazzarello, Shaohao, José Sánchez del Río, and Lucifer of Cagliari. After him are Jubal, George Hamartolos, Raymond V, Count of Toulouse, Jair, Isaac of Armenia, and Eisai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500, Gildas ranks 25. Before him are Ernak, Hormizd III, Godomar II, Rechiar, Theudigisel, and Euphemia. After him are Gerasimus of the Jordan, Hesychius of Alexandria, Wacho, Sigobert the Lame, Rhadamistus, and Ælle of Sussex. Among people deceased in 570, Gildas ranks 3. Before him are Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib and John Philoponus. After him are Olympiodorus the Younger, Aregund, and Waldrada.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gildas ranks 1,332 out of 7,765. Before him are Mary Quant (1930), Julian Glover (1935), Seamus Heaney (1939), Walafrid Strabo (808), Peter Burke (1937), and Fletcher Christian (1764). After him are John Boorman (1933), Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774), Rhys Ifans (1967), John Eliot Gardiner (1943), Dominic Purcell (1970), and Evelyn De Morgan (1855).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Gildas ranks 34. Before him are George Fox (1624), Annie Chapman (1841), Elizabeth Blount (1500), Hudson Taylor (1832), Catherine Eddowes (1842), and Keith O'Brien (1938). After him are Simon Stock (1164), John Ball (1338), Reginald Lee (1870), Oswald of Northumbria (604), John Smyth (1570), and Rafael Merry del Val (1865).

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