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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Gregory the Illuminator

257 - 331

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Gregory the Illuminator (Classical Armenian: Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչ, reformed spelling: Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ, Grigor Lusavorich; c. 257 – c. 328) was the founder and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. He converted Armenia from Zoroastrianism to Christianity in the early fourth century (traditionally dated to 301), making Armenia the first state to adopt Christianity as its official religion. He is venerated as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic Church and in some other churches. Gregory is said to have been the son of a Parthian nobleman, Anak, who assassinated the Arsacid king of Armenia Khosrov II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gregory the Illuminator has received more than 478,768 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Gregory the Illuminator is the 381st most popular religious figure (up from 420th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Armenia (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Armenian Religious Figure.

Gregory the Illuminator is most famous for being the first Christian missionary to preach in Armenia.

Memorability Metrics

  • 480k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Gregory the Illuminator ranks 381 out of 2,238. Before him are Pope Victor III, Pope Simplicius, Pope Anastasius I, Faustina Kowalska, Al-Mansur, and Pope Honorius II. After him are Pope Anastasius III, Pope John IX, Micah, Hannah, Saint Timothy, and Pope Sixtus III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 257, Gregory the Illuminator ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 331, Gregory the Illuminator ranks 1. After him is Micheon of Goguryeo.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Gregory the Illuminator ranks 3 out of 147. Before him are George Gurdjieff (1866) and Tigranes the Great (-140). After him are Leo V the Armenian (775), Anastas Mikoyan (1895), Artem Mikoyan (1905), Tiridates III of Armenia (255), Armen Sarkissian (1953), Hayk (410), Najm ad-Din Ayyub (1100), Shirkuh (1100), and Khachatur Abovian (1805).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Armenia

Among religious figures born in Armenia, Gregory the Illuminator ranks 1. After him are Servatius of Tongeren (400), Sebeos (700), and Karekin II (1951).

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