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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Nikolaj Velimirović

1880 - 1956

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Nikolaj Velimirović (Serbian Cyrillic: Николај Велимировић; 4 January 1881 [O.S. 23 December 1880] – 18 March [O.S. 5 March] 1956) was bishop of the eparchies of Ohrid and Žiča (1920–1956) in the Serbian Orthodox Church. An influential theological writer and a highly gifted orator, he was often referred to as the new John Chrysostom and historian Slobodan G. Markovich calls him "one of the most influential bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the twentieth century". As a young man, he came close to dying of dysentery and decided that he would dedicate his life to God if he survived. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolaj Velimirović has received more than 204,987 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolaj Velimirović is the 1,344th most popular religious figure, the 105th most popular biography from Serbia and the 5th most popular Serbian Religious Figure.

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  • 200k

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  • 55.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Nikolaj Velimirović ranks 1,344 out of 2,238. Before him are Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, Beatus of Liébana, Asma bint Umais, João I of Kongo, Karekin II, and Henri Estienne. After him are Ankhesenpepi II, Adam Stefan Sapieha, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Medardus, Marc Ouellet, and Gerhard Ludwig Müller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Nikolaj Velimirović ranks 71. Before him are Jacques Thibaud, Hajime Sugiyama, Yōsuke Matsuoka, Fethi Okyar, Lincoln Ellsworth, and Osami Nagano. After him are Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ivar Kreuger, Hermann von Keyserling, Eric Campbell, Jan Kubelík, and Arnold Gesell. Among people deceased in 1956, Nikolaj Velimirović ranks 66. Before him are Alexander Korda, Infante Alfonso of Spain, Lev Rudnev, Guido Cantelli, Ernst Robert Curtius, and Erhard Raus. After him are Mir Jafar Baghirov, Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Clifford Brown, Samad Vurgun, Jimmie Angel, and Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Nikolaj Velimirović ranks 105 out of 564. Before him are Koča Popović (1908), Đorđe Balašević (1953), Stepa Stepanović (1856), Svetozar Marković (1846), Mutimir of Serbia (830), and Desanka Maksimović (1898). After him are Željko Obradović (1960), Jovan Divjak (1937), Vlastimir (805), Enki Bilal (1951), Monica Seles (1973), and Ilija Garašanin (1812).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Serbia

Among religious figures born in Serbia, Nikolaj Velimirović ranks 5. Before him are Jerome (345), Saint Sava (1169), Irinej, Serbian Patriarch (1930), and Martin of Braga (520). After him are Sava II (1199), Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch (1961), and Robert Zollitsch (1938).

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