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Nennius

800 - 900

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Nennius – or Nemnius or Nemnivus – was a Welsh monk of the 9th century. He has traditionally been attributed with the authorship of the Historia Brittonum, based on the prologue affixed to that work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nennius has received more than 213,380 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Nennius is the 2,341st most popular writer (up from 2,399th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Leabhar breathnach annso sis
Accessible book, Texts, Middle Irish
1848
Leabhar Breathnach annso sis
History, Irish language, Texts
1848
Historia Britonum
History
1838
History of the Britons
1986
The "Historia Brittonum"
History, Irish literature
1819
Nennii Historia Britonum
History
1838

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nennius ranks 2,341 out of 7,302. Before him are Frederic W. H. Myers, Andrei Voznesensky, Tullia d'Aragona, Terence McKenna, Kathy Reichs, and William Peter Blatty. After him are Terry Eagleton, Marius Aventicensis, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, Rabia Balkhi, Eugippius, and Terry Bisson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 800, Nennius ranks 37. Before him are Obelerio degli Antenori, Hildeprand, Gerberga, wife of Carloman I, Hanshan, Aznar Galíndez I, and Giustiniano Participazio. After him are Ado of Vienne, Sabin of Bulgaria, Umor of Bulgaria, Wulfstan of Hedeby, Saraha, and Bragi Boddason. Among people deceased in 900, Nennius ranks 8. Before him are Zwentibold, Ono no Komachi, Andal, Almış, Leo the Mathematician, and Donald II of Scotland. After him are Björn at Haugi, 'Abd al-Hamīd ibn Turk, Prosigoj, Dicuil, and Cynewulf.

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