RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Nilus of Sora

1433 - 1508

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Nilus of Sora (also Nil Sorsky or Nil Sorski; Russian: Нил Сорский; secular name: Nikolai Maikov; Russian: Николай Майков; c. 1433 – 7 May 1508) was a Russian Orthodox monk, spiritual writer, theologian, and the founder of the Sora Hermitage. He is best known as the founder of a tendency in the Russian Orthodox Church known as the non-possessors (nestyazhateli) which opposed ecclesiastic landownership. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nilus of Sora has received more than 42,617 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Nilus of Sora is the 2,212th most popular religious figure (down from 1,881st in 2019), the 1,353rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,144th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Russian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 43k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Nilus of Sora ranks 2,212 out of 3,187. Before him are Hayton of Corycus, Kassapa Buddha, John XI of Constantinople, Claude Fleury, Frei Galvão, and Jean-Pierre Ricard. After him are August Hlond, Callistus I of Constantinople, Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, John Zizioulas, Joaquina Vedruna de Mas, and Ignatius Joseph III Yonan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1433, Nilus of Sora ranks 8. Before him are Marsilio Ficino, Stephen III of Moldavia, Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu, Mirkhvand, Giovanni Giocondo, and Abdullah Mirza. After him are Eleanor of Scotland, and James of Portugal. Among people deceased in 1508, Nilus of Sora ranks 11. Before him are Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria, Conrad Celtes, Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Philip, Elector Palatine, Radu IV the Great, and Nephon II of Constantinople. After him is Lourenço de Almeida.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nilus of Sora ranks 1,353 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexander Bestuzhev (1797), Endel Puusepp (1909), Dmitry Grigorovich (1822), Vladimir Kokkinaki (1904), Vladimir Melanin (1933), and Ivan Sidorenko (1919). After him are William Fermor (1702), Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov (1806), Sergey Litvinov (1958), Mikhail Petrashevsky (1821), Aleksei Yeliseyev (1934), and Vyacheslav Volodin (1964).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Russia

Among religious figures born in Russia, Nilus of Sora ranks 35. Before him are Patriarch Job of Moscow (1525), Gamzat-bek (1789), Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow (1530), Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807), Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev (1290), and Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow (1507). After him are Abraham of Smolensk (1172), Marina Semyonova (1908), Herman of Alaska (1756), Elsa Brändström (1888), Nikolay Ilminsky (1822), and Anna Filosofova (1837).

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