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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mellitus

600 - 624

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Mellitus (; died 24 April 624) was the first bishop of London in the Saxon period, the third Archbishop of Canterbury, and a member of the Gregorian mission sent to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons from their native paganism to Christianity. He arrived in 601 AD with a group of clergy sent to augment the mission, and was consecrated as Bishop of London in 604. Mellitus was the recipient of a famous letter from Pope Gregory I known as the Epistola ad Mellitum, preserved in a later work by the medieval chronicler Bede, which suggested the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons be undertaken gradually, integrating pagan rituals and customs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mellitus has received more than 195,274 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Mellitus is the 2,069th most popular religious figure (down from 1,781st in 2019), the 2,932nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,744th in 2019) and the 458th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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  • 49.73

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.05

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  • 3.01

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mellitus ranks 2,069 out of 2,238. Before him are Johann Dzierzon, Elio Sgreccia, Crescenzio Sepe, Domenico Ferrata, Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, and Giovanni Coppa. After him are Jeralean Talley, Guru Har Krishan, Gregory VII of Constantinople, Laurence of Canterbury, Polyeuctus of Constantinople, and Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Mellitus ranks 55. Before him are Sigeberht the Good, Eadbald of Kent, Gisulf I of Friuli, Ceol of Wessex, Ælla of Deira, and Bhāskara I. After him are Justus, Ino Anastasia, Ceolwulf of Wessex, Zotto, Faroald I of Spoleto, and Cearl of Mercia. Among people deceased in 624, Mellitus ranks 7. Before him are Abū Lahab, Amr ibn Hishām, Ruqayyah bint Muhammad, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, Rædwald of East Anglia, and Uthman ibn Maz'un.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Mellitus ranks 2,932 out of 4,668. Before him are Antonio Pacinotti (1841), Tino di Camaino (1285), Ferrante III Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla (1618), Giovanni I Cornaro (1551), Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo (1925), and Giovanni Coppa (1925). After him are Nicolò Sagredo (1606), Enzo Jannacci (1935), Publius Sempronius Tuditanus (-300), Giuseppe Amato (1899), Renato Cesarini (1906), and Sebastiano Mocenigo (1662).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Mellitus ranks 458. Before him are Luigi Carlo Borromeo (1893), Antonio Marcello Barberini (1569), Angelo Comastri (1943), Crescenzio Sepe (1943), Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo (1925), and Giovanni Coppa (1925). After him are Laurence of Canterbury (550), Benedict Menni (1841), Vincenzo Carafa (1594), Caterina Volpicelli (1839), Giovanni Urbani (1900), and Giuseppe Pizzardo (1877).

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