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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 203,770 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Nennius is the 2,406th most popular writer (down from 2,336th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nennius ranks 2,406 out of 5,755Before him are Alfonso Sastre, John Webster, Aleksander Chodźko, Rosario Castellanos, William L. Shirer, and Winston Groom. After him are Charles Berlitz, Isabella di Morra, Hamnet Shakespeare, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., George Meredith, and Slavenka Drakulić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 800, Nennius ranks 37Before him are Nominoe, Giustiniano Participazio, Aznar Galíndez I, Hildeprand, Ado of Vienne, and Toktu of Bulgaria. After him are Wulfstan of Hedeby, Eudokia, wife of Constantine V, Obelerio degli Antenori, Saraha, Agnello Participazio, and Sabin of Bulgaria. Among people deceased in 900, Nennius ranks 6Before him are Pope John IX, Zwentibold, Ono no Komachi, Leo the Mathematician, and Donald II of Scotland. After him are 'Abd al-Hamīd ibn Turk, Dicuil, and Cynewulf.

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