RELIGIOUS FIGURE

John Bosco

1815 - 1888

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John Melchior Bosco, SDB (Italian: Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; Piedmontese: Gioann Melchior Bòsch; 16 August 1815 – 31 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco (IPA: [ˈdɔm ˈbɔsko, bo-]), was an Italian Catholic priest, educator and writer of the 19th century. While working in Turin, where the population suffered many of the ill effects of industrialization and urbanization, he dedicated his life to the betterment and education of street children, juvenile delinquents, and other disadvantaged youth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Bosco has received more than 1,998,499 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). John Bosco is the 121st most popular religious figure (up from 134th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Italy (up from 151st in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

John Bosco was a Catholic priest who is most famous for founding a religious order called the Salesians of Don Bosco. The Salesians of Don Bosco are a religious order that helps youth and young adults in need.

Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 79.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 67

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, John Bosco ranks 121 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Pius II, Thérèse of Lisieux, Esther, Pope Adrian II, Elisha, and Saint Sebastian. After him are Clare of Assisi, Pope Gregory XVI, Pope Urban VII, Pope Boniface VIII, Zechariah, and Pope Gregory IX.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, John Bosco ranks 2. Before him is Otto von Bismarck. After him are Ada Lovelace, George Boole, Karl Weierstrass, Otto of Greece, Louis-Jules Trochu, Adolph Menzel, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Ildefons Cerdà, Thomas Couture, and Julia Margaret Cameron. Among people deceased in 1888, John Bosco ranks 2. Before him is William I, German Emperor. After him are Frederick III, German Emperor, Rudolf Clausius, Carl Zeiss, John Stith Pemberton, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, Louisa May Alcott, Nikolay Przhevalsky, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Anton Mauve, and François Achille Bazaine.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, John Bosco ranks 125 out of 5,161. Before him are Agatha of Sicily (235), Pope Pius II (1405), Gina Lollobrigida (1927), Guido of Arezzo (991), Terence Hill (1939), and Pope Adrian II (792). After him are Donato Bramante (1443), Clare of Assisi (1193), Andrea Palladio (1508), Pope Gregory XVI (1765), Paolo Veronese (1528), and Cesare Borgia (1475).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, John Bosco ranks 32. Before him are Pope Paul III (1468), Pope Innocent III (1160), Pope Urban VIII (1568), Agatha of Sicily (235), Pope Pius II (1405), and Pope Adrian II (792). After him are Clare of Assisi (1193), Pope Gregory XVI (1765), Pope Urban VII (1521), Pope Boniface VIII (1235), Pope Gregory IX (1160), and Pope Pius VIII (1761).

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