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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Michael the Syrian

1126 - 1199

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Saint Michael the Syrian (Arabic: ميخائيل السرياني, romanized: Mīkhaʾēl el Sūryani:),(Classical Syriac: ܡܺܝܟ݂ܳܐܝܶܠ ܣܽܘܪܝܳܝܳܐ, romanized: Mīkhoʾēl Sūryoyo), died AD 1199, also known as Michael the Great (Syriac: ܡܺܝܟ݂ܳܐܝܶܠ ܪܰܒ݁ܳܐ, romanized: Mīkhoʾēl Rabo) or Michael Syrus or Michael the Elder, to distinguish him from his nephew, was a patriarch and saint of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1166 to 1199. He is best known today as the author of the largest medieval Chronicle, which he wrote in the Syriac language. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael the Syrian has received more than 119,835 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Michael the Syrian is the 1,543rd most popular religious figure (down from 1,388th in 2019), the 736th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 695th in 2019) and the 107th most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Michael the Syrian ranks 1,543 out of 2,238Before him are Neferneferuaten, Philotheus I of Constantinople, Petronius of Bologna, Julian of Toledo, Hieronymus von Colloredo, and Adolfo Nicolás. After him are Adalbert of Hamburg, Joachim Meisner, William Levada, Maxim of Bulgaria, Dawud al-Zahiri, and Dimitry of Rostov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1126, Michael the Syrian ranks 6Before him are Averroes, William I of Sicily, Khaqani, Mieszko III the Old, and Peter I of Courtenay. After him are John Doukas, Sibylla of Burgundy, and Anvari. Among people deceased in 1199, Michael the Syrian ranks 8Before him are Minamoto no Yoritomo, Stefan Nemanja, Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Khaqani, Joan of England, Queen of Sicily, and Geng Ding. After him is Raymond IV, Count of Tripoli.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Michael the Syrian ranks 736 out of 1,301Before him are Nikephoros Blemmydes (1197), Alexios IV of Trebizond (1382), İdil Biret (1941), Parthenius of Nicaea (-1), Anicia Juliana (462), and Manuel II of Trebizond (1324). After him are George I of Georgia (996), Nizamüddin Ahmed Pasha (1281), Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ (1983), Audoin (541), Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha (1667), and Ahmed Nihad (1883).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Turkey

Among religious figures born in Turkey, Michael the Syrian ranks 107Before him are Thaddeus of Edessa (100), Sheikh Said (1864), Joseph Genesius (1000), Stephen I of Constantinople (867), Eutychius of Constantinople (512), and Modestus of Jerusalem (537). After him are Antony II of Constantinople (829), Alypius the Stylite (700), Peter of Sebaste (345), Saint Pothinus (87), Athanasius I of Constantinople (1230), and Evodius (50).