RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Menas of Constantinople

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Menas (also Minas; Ancient Greek: Μηνᾶς; died 25 August 552), considered a saint in the Chalcedonian-affirming Church and by extension both the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church of modern times, was born in Alexandria, and enters the records in high ecclesiastical office as presbyter and director of the Hospital of Sampson in Constantinople, where tradition has him linked to Saint Sampson directly, and in the healing of Justinian from the bubonic plague in 542. He was appointed Patriarch of Constantinople by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I on 13 March 536. Pope Agapetus I consecrated him to succeed Anthimus, who was condemned as a monophysite. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Menas of Constantinople has received more than 31,331 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Menas of Constantinople is the 2,079th most popular religious figure (up from 2,108th in 2019), the 428th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 423rd in 2019) and the 54th most popular Egyptian Religious Figure.

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  • 51.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Menas of Constantinople ranks 2,079 out of 3,187. Before him are Philothei of Athens, Ignatius Brianchaninov, Arsenie Boca, Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Vilmos Zsigmond, and Wincenty Kadłubek. After him are Bruno Platter, Pietro Ottoboni, Bernhard Lichtenberg, Arsenios Autoreianos, Luigi Carlo Borromeo, and Johannes Cocceius.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Menas of Constantinople ranks 428 out of 642. Before him are Sayf ad-Din Inal (1380), Al-Nuwayri (1279), Malak Hifni Nasif (1886), W. D. Hamilton (1936), Al-Mustamsik (null), and Guy Béart (1930). After him are Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi (1838), Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam (1893), Pope Maximus of Alexandria (250), Riccardo Freda (1909), Naguib Sawiris (1954), and Domitius Domitianus (300).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Egypt

Among religious figures born in Egypt, Menas of Constantinople ranks 54. Before him are Peter III of Alexandria (500), Pishoy (320), Antonios Naguib (1935), Pope Achillas of Alexandria (300), Anatolius of Laodicea (201), and Pope Theonas of Alexandria (300). After him are Pope Maximus of Alexandria (250), Pope Demetrius I of Alexandria (200), Ali Gomaa (1952), Pope Kedron of Alexandria (100), Stéphanos II Ghattas (1920), and Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni (1940).

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