PHILOSOPHER

Giles of Rome

1243 - 1316

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Giles of Rome O.S.A. (Latin: Aegidius Romanus; Italian: Egidio Colonna; c. 1243 – 22 December 1316) was a medieval philosopher and Scholastic theologian and a friar of the Order of St Augustine, who was also appointed to the positions of prior general of his order and as Archbishop of Bourges. He is famed as being a logician, who produced a commentary on the Organon by Aristotle, and as the author of two important work: De Ecclesiastica Potestate, a major text of early-14th-century papalism, and De regimine principum, a guide book for Christian temporal leadership. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giles of Rome has received more than 125,628 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Giles of Rome is the 436th most popular philosopher (up from 618th in 2019), the 1,266th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,791st in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Italian Philosopher.

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  • 130k

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  • 60.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Giles of Rome has had the most page views in the with 15,947 views, followed by French (4,413), and Italian (3,603). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (59.22%), Portuguese (48.32%), and Esperanto (24.81%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Giles of Rome ranks 436 out of 1,267. Before him are H. L. A. Hart, Henry Suso, Abul A'la Maududi, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Ronald Dworkin, and Antoine Destutt de Tracy. After him are Ernest Gellner, Francisco Ferrer, Emmanuel Mounier, Thomas Cajetan, Petrus Ramus, and Johannes Althusius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1243, Giles of Rome ranks 3. Before him are Jacques de Molay, and James II of Majorca. After him are Emperor Go-Fukakusa, Zhenjin, and Philip I, Latin Emperor. Among people deceased in 1316, Giles of Rome ranks 7. Before him are Louis X of France, Ramon Llull, John I of France, Alauddin Khalji, Öljaitü, and Stefan Dragutin. After him are Vytenis, Guo Shoujing, Marjorie Bruce, Malik Kafur, and Louis of Burgundy.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giles of Rome ranks 1,266 out of 5,161. Before him are Giuseppe Saragat (1898), Pietro Cavallini (1240), Marcantonio Raimondi (1480), Ettore Majorana (1906), Julia Drusilla (39), and Carlo Dolci (1616). After him are Peter II of Sicily (1305), Daniela Bianchi (1942), Cristofano Allori (1577), Tarpeia (-800), Bohemond II of Antioch (1108), and Andreas Hofer (1767).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Giles of Rome ranks 33. Before him are Aristoxenus (-360), Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646), Gaius Musonius Rufus (25), Pietro Pomponazzi (1462), Brunetto Latini (1220), and Bartolus de Saxoferrato (1313). After him are Thomas Cajetan (1469), Gianni Vattimo (1936), Lucilio Vanini (1585), Vittorino da Feltre (1378), Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri (1667), and Norberto Bobbio (1909).

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