RELIGIOUS FIGURE

John of Rila

876 - 946

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Saint John of Rila, also known as Ivan of Rila (Bulgarian: Свети преподобни Йоан Рилски Чудотворец, romanized: Sveti prepodobni Yoan Rilski Chudotvorets, lit. 'Saint John of Rila the Wondermaker'; c. 876 – 18 August 946), was the first Bulgarian hermit. He was revered as a saint while he was still alive. The legend surrounding him tells of wild animals that freely came up to him and birds that landed in his hands. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John of Rila has received more than 125,532 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. John of Rila is the 900th most popular religious figure (up from 969th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 46th in 2019) and the most popular Bulgarian Religious Figure.

John of Rila is most famous for founding Bulgaria's first monastery on the site of a pagan temple.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, John of Rila ranks 900 out of 3,187. Before him are Gotthard of Hildesheim, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, Jane Frances de Chantal, John Mott, Anthony Mary Claret, and Pavle, Serbian Patriarch. After him are Charles Spurgeon, William Farel, Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, Franz Ehrle, Thomas Williams, and Itzhak Stern.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 876, John of Rila ranks 2. Before him is Henry the Fowler. After him is Toda of Pamplona. Among people deceased in 946, John of Rila ranks 3. Before him are Pope Marinus II, and Edmund I. After him are Eadgyth, Al-Qa'im, Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli, and Ibrahim ibn Sinan.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, John of Rila ranks 39 out of 415. Before him are Michael Shishman of Bulgaria (1280), Aleksandar Stamboliyski (1879), Peter I of Bulgaria (927), Kristalina Georgieva (1953), Boris Christoff (1914), and Nicolai Ghiaurov (1929). After him are Hristo Botev (1848), Stefka Kostadinova (1965), Irina Bokova (1952), Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria (1324), Nikola Zhekov (1865), and Ratko Janev (1939).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Bulgaria

Among religious figures born in Bulgaria, John of Rila ranks 1. After him are Jeremias II of Constantinople (1536), Dobri Dobrev (1914), John XIV of Constantinople (1282), Neophyte of Bulgaria (1945), Euthymius of Tarnovo (1317), Maxim of Bulgaria (1914), Ivan II of Bulgaria (1300), Cyril of Bulgaria (1901), and Sophronius of Vratsa (1739).

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