RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Maxim of Bulgaria

1914 - 2012

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Patriarch Maxim (Maximus) (Bulgarian: Патриарх Максим) (born Marin Naydenov Minkov, October 29, 1914 – November 6, 2012) was the head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church from 1971 until his death. He was born in Oreshak, the second of the two children of Nayden Minkov Rachev and Pena Bordzhukova, but very little is known about his parents' background. He was educated only in his native mountain village of Oreshak but from his late childhood, he became a novice monk in the Troyan Monastery and then studied Orthodox Theology at Sofia University, from which he graduated in 1935 with honours. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maxim of Bulgaria has received more than 49,165 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Maxim of Bulgaria is the 2,128th most popular religious figure (down from 1,535th in 2019), the 146th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 96th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Bulgarian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 49k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Maxim of Bulgaria ranks 2,128 out of 3,187. Before him are Cosmas of Maiuma, Nicholas of Lyra, Luigi Maglione, Reinhard Marx, Euthymius of Tarnovo, and Jeralean Talley. After him are Paulo Evaristo Arns, Ali Hujwiri, Parmenas, Antonio María Javierre Ortas, Pasquier Quesnel, and Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Maxim of Bulgaria ranks 194. Before him are Hans Wegner, Selahattin Ülkümen, Nikolay Makarov, Ray Walston, Evelyn Furtsch, and Norman Lloyd. After him are Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Orhan Veli Kanık, Edmund Muskie, Toulo de Graffenried, Igor M. Diakonoff, and Akira Ifukube. Among people deceased in 2012, Maxim of Bulgaria ranks 190. Before him are Pierre Mondy, José María Zárraga, Claude Pinoteau, Leonardo Favio, Kurt Adolff, and Donald "Duck" Dunn. After him are Sancho Gracia, Ruggiero Ricci, Elliott Carter, Adrienne Rich, Zakaria Mohieddin, and Fiorenzo Magni.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Maxim of Bulgaria ranks 146 out of 415. Before him are Cniva (200), Yordan Letchkov (1967), Georgi Sava Rakovski (1821), Nikola Vaptsarov (1909), Nikola Kotkov (1938), and Euthymius of Tarnovo (1317). After him are Vineh of Bulgaria (740), Stefan Abadzhiev (1934), Andrey Toshev (1867), Vladimir Stoychev (1892), Elin Pelin (1877), and Veselin Topalov (1975).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Bulgaria

Among religious figures born in Bulgaria, Maxim of Bulgaria ranks 7. Before him are John of Rila (876), Jeremias II of Constantinople (1536), Dobri Dobrev (1914), John XIV of Constantinople (1282), Neophyte of Bulgaria (1945), and Euthymius of Tarnovo (1317). After him are Ivan II of Bulgaria (1300), Cyril of Bulgaria (1901), and Sophronius of Vratsa (1739).

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