RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Gregory Palamas

1296 - 1359

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Gregory Palamas (Greek: Γρηγόριος Παλαμᾶς; c. 1296 – 1357/1359) was a Byzantine Greek theologian and Eastern Orthodox cleric of the late Byzantine period. A monk of Mount Athos (modern Greece) and later archbishop of Thessalonica, he is famous for his defense of hesychast spirituality, the uncreated character of the light of the Transfiguration, and the distinction between God's essence and energies (i.e., the divine will, divine grace, etc.). His teaching unfolded over the course of three major controversies, (1) with the Italo-Greek Barlaam between 1336 and 1341, (2) with the monk Gregory Akindynos between 1341 and 1347, and (3) with the philosopher Gregoras, from 1348 to 1355. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gregory Palamas has received more than 446,122 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Gregory Palamas is the 532nd most popular religious figure (down from 480th in 2019), the 193rd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 202nd in 2019) and the 29th most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

Gregory Palamas is most famous for his defense of the Orthodox Christian doctrine of Hesychasm against Barlaam of Calabria.

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  • 450k

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  • 71.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Gregory Palamas ranks 532 out of 3,187. Before him are Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, Ibn Hazm, Pope Miltiades, James, brother of Jesus, Vincent Ferrer, and Kane Tanaka. After him are Mary of Egypt, Pope Agapetus I, Pope Stephen VI, Peter the Hermit, Thích Nhất Hạnh, and Luigi Lucheni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1296, Gregory Palamas ranks 3. Before him are John of Bohemia, and Algirdas. After him are Blanche of Burgundy, Shi Nai'an, and Edward I, Count of Bar. Among people deceased in 1359, Gregory Palamas ranks 1. After him are Ivan II of Moscow, Eric XII of Sweden, Beatrice of Castile, Berdi Beg, Eleanor of Castile, Beatrice of Bavaria, Nikephoros II Orsini, Eric I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Hugh IV of Cyprus, and Vitale da Bologna.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Gregory Palamas ranks 193 out of 1,347. Before him are Dragut (1485), Hippodamus of Miletus (-498), Theodore of Amasea (300), Sabiha Gökçen (1913), Michael I Rangabe (770), and Fatma Sultan (1500). After him are Zoë Porphyrogenita (978), Giorgos Seferis (1900), Cemal Gürsel (1895), Ahmet Necdet Sezer (1941), Arcesilaus (-315), and Romanos II (938).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Gregory Palamas ranks 29. Before him are Marcion of Sinope (85), Pope John V (635), Pope John VI (655), Laban (-1900), Dorothea of Caesarea (279), and Theodore of Amasea (300). After him are Saint Timothy (17), Sabbas the Sanctified (439), Gregory Thaumaturgus (213), Michael I Cerularius (1005), Theophanes the Confessor (758), and Basilios Bessarion (1403).

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