RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Jacobus da Varagine

1228 - 1298

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Jacobus de Voragine, OP (c. 1230 – 13/16 July 1298) was an Italian chronicler and archbishop of Genoa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacobus da Varagine has received more than 42,154 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Jacobus da Varagine is the 679th most popular religious figure (down from 611th in 2019), the 839th most popular biography from Italy (down from 740th in 2019) and the 252nd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Jacobus da Varagine is most famous for writing the Golden Legend, which is a collection of saints' lives.

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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Jacobus da Varagine ranks 679 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Remigius, Victor of Aveyron, Isaac Luria, Julia of Corsica, Norbert of Xanten, and Robert of Molesme. After him are Holofernes, Pope Leo V, Twosret, Aloysius Stepinac, Zebedee, and Eulalia of Mérida.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1228, Jacobus da Varagine ranks 2. Before him is Conrad IV of Germany. After him are William II of Holland, Leo I of Galicia, Trần Hưng Đạo, and Muhammad I al-Mustansir. Among people deceased in 1298, Jacobus da Varagine ranks 2. Before him is Adolf of Germany. After him are Ram Khamhaeng, Mechtilde, Yolanda of Poland, Smilets of Bulgaria, Albert II, Duke of Saxony, Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, Peter John Olivi, Yang Hui, and Thoros III, King of Armenia.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Jacobus da Varagine ranks 839 out of 5,161. Before him are Donatella Versace (1955), Julia (-76), Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444), Riccardo Giacconi (1931), Andrea Pisano (1290), and Federico Barocci (1535). After him are Amilcare Ponchielli (1834), Pope Leo V (870), Federico da Montefeltro (1422), Francesca da Rimini (1259), Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1671), and François Grimaldi (1201).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Jacobus da Varagine ranks 252. Before him are Pope Felix IV (480), Pope Anastasius II (450), Tarcisius (263), Pope Benedict IV (860), Pope Benedict V (930), and John of Capistrano (1386). After him are Pope Leo V (870), Tarcisio Bertone (1934), Scholastica (480), Angelo Sodano (1927), Pope Severinus (600), and Silas (1).

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