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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Joseph the Hymnographer

816 - 886

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Joseph the Hymnographer (Greek: Όσιος Ιωσήφ ο Υμνογράφος, romanized: Ósios Iosif o Ymnográfos) was a Greek monk of the ninth century. He is one of the greatest liturgical poets and hymnographers of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph the Hymnographer has received more than 37,674 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Joseph the Hymnographer is the 1,752nd most popular religious figure (down from 1,372nd in 2019), the 2,531st most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,140th in 2019) and the 416th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Joseph the Hymnographer ranks 1,752 out of 2,238Before him are Pami, Michael Czerny, Burchard of Worms, Ingrid Vang Nyman, Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo, and Georges Cottier. After him are Pierre Robert Olivétan, Hyacinth, Nicola Canali, Josip Bozanić, Engelbert II of Berg, and Anthim the Iberian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 816, Joseph the Hymnographer ranks 3Before him are Pope Formosus and Bardas.  Among people deceased in 886, Joseph the Hymnographer ranks 7Before him are Basil I, Ibn Majah, Muhammad I of Córdoba, Abu Maʿshar, Bernard Plantapilosa, and García Jiménez of Pamplona. After him is Adalbert I, Margrave of Tuscany.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Joseph the Hymnographer ranks 2,531 out of 4,668Before him are Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (1580), Carlo Rambaldi (1925), Massimo d'Azeglio (1798), Alberico Gentili (1552), Caterina Boratto (1915), and Massimo Ranieri (1951). After him are Gianluigi Saccaro (1938), Sylvano Bussotti (1931), Bartolomeo Carducci (1554), Giuseppe Gazzaniga (1743), Kaspar Capparoni (1964), and Odoardo Farnese (1573).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Joseph the Hymnographer ranks 416Before him are Alexander of Bergamo (201), Sebastiano Baggio (1913), Jacopo Sadoleto (1477), Alessandro Albani (1692), Chromatius (335), and Luigi Sturzo (1871). After him are Nicola Canali (1874), Gregorio Barbarigo (1625), Geminianus (312), Juliana Falconieri (1270), Antipope Paschal III (1110), and Alexander of Constantinople (250).