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Lactantius

250 - 325

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Lucius Caecilius Firmianus signo Lactantius (c. 250 – c. 325) was an early Christian author who became an advisor to Roman emperor Constantine I, guiding his Christian religious policy in its initial stages of emergence, and a tutor to his son Crispus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lactantius has received more than 380,591 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Lactantius is the 415th most popular writer (up from 425th in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 78th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Egyptian Writer.

Lactantius is most famous for his work, "The Divine Institutes," which is a defense of Christianity.

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  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lactantius ranks 415 out of 5,755. Before him are W. B. Yeats, Sholem Aleichem, Gertrude Stein, Saint-John Perse, Thomas Bernhard, and Meera. After him are Alphonse de Lamartine, Julio Cortázar, Tibullus, Karl Barth, Joseph Brodsky, and Zecharia Sitchin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 250, Lactantius ranks 5. Before him are Helena, Galerius, Constantius Chlorus, and Saint Maurice. After him are Saint Florian, Pope Miltiades, Pope Caius, Pope Alexander I of Alexandria, Pope Marcellinus, Carinus, and Pope Eusebius. Among people deceased in 325, Lactantius ranks 2. Before him is Licinius. After him are Emperor Ming of Jin, Eutropia, and Sopater of Apamea.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Lactantius ranks 76 out of 582. Before him are Paul of Thebes (227), Saint Maurice (250), Eric Hobsbawm (1917), Pachomius the Great (292), Apollonius of Rhodes (-295), and Psamtik I (-700). After him are Hassan al-Banna (1906), Constantine P. Cavafy (1863), Den (-3000), Isetnofret (-1250), Saint Menas (285), and Mohamed Morsi (1951).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Lactantius ranks 6. Before him are Naguib Mahfouz (1911), Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876), Sayyid Qutb (1906), Appian (95), and Apollonius of Rhodes (-295). After him are Constantine P. Cavafy (1863), Athenaeus (200), Claudian (370), Nonnus (500), Pope Dionysius of Alexandria (190), and Taha Hussein (1889).

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