RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Martin of Braga

520 - 580

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Saint Martin of Braga (in Latin Martinus Bracarensis, in Portuguese, known as Martinho de Dume c. 520–580 AD), also known as Saint Martin of Dumio, was an archbishop of Bracara Augusta in Gallaecia (now Braga in Portugal), a missionary, a monastic founder, and an ecclesiastical author. According to his contemporary, the historian Gregory of Tours, Martin was plenus virtutibus ("full of virtue") and in tantum se litteris imbuit ut nulli secundus sui temporis haberetur ("he so instructed himself in learning that he was considered second to none in his lifetime"). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin of Braga has received more than 94,188 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Martin of Braga is the 1,045th most popular religious figure (down from 1,042nd in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 72nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Serbian Religious Figure.

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  • 64.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Martin of Braga ranks 1,045 out of 3,187Before him are Johann Eck, Jacob Sprenger, Accursius, Nahshon, Raymond V, Count of Toulouse, and Bao Xishun. After him are George Syncellus, Mechtilde, Al-Qushayri, Mariano Rampolla, Ram, and Rupert of Salzburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 520, Martin of Braga ranks 7Before him are Pope Pelagius II, Pope John III, Justin II, Tiberius II Constantine, Charibert I, and Emperor Sushun. After him are Paul the Silentiary, and Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma. Among people deceased in 580, Martin of Braga ranks 1After him are Paul the Silentiary, and Audovera.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Martin of Braga ranks 85 out of 661Before him are Miki Manojlović (1950), Bata Živojinović (1933), Thomas Nagel (1937), Vuk Drašković (1946), Dušan Ivković (1943), and Milunka Savić (1890). After him are Šaban Šaulić (1951), Nadežda Petrović (1873), Dragiša Cvetković (1893), Koča Popović (1908), Radivoj Korać (1938), and Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia (1819).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Serbia

Among religious figures born in Serbia, Martin of Braga ranks 3Before him are Jerome (345), and Saint Sava (1169). After him are Irinej, Serbian Patriarch (1930), Nikolaj Velimirović (1880), Sava II (1199), Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch (1961), Szilárd Bogdánffy (1911), and Robert Zollitsch (1938).