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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Ninian

360 - 432

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Ninian is a Christian saint, first mentioned in the 8th century as being an early missionary among the Pictish peoples of what is now Scotland. For this reason he is known as the Apostle to the Southern Picts, and there are numerous dedications to him in those parts of Scotland with a Pictish heritage, throughout the Scottish Lowlands, and in parts of Northern England with a Northumbrian heritage. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ninian has received more than 134,455 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Ninian is the 2,507th most popular religious figure (down from 2,030th in 2019), the 4,039th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,505th in 2019) and the 94th most popular British Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ninian ranks 2,507 out of 2,238Before him are Orlando Quevedo, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Karel Kašpar, Rino Fisichella, Roger Mahony, and Patrick Abercrombie. After him are Louis-Marie Billé, Eva Brunne, Alberto Suárez Inda, Malcolm Ranjith, Hermann Volk, and Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 360, Ninian ranks 5Before him are Pelagius, John Cassian, Martianus Capella, and Sulpicius Severus.  Among people deceased in 432, Ninian ranks 3Before him are Pope Celestine I and Bonifacius.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ninian ranks 4,039 out of 7,765Before him are William Gemmell Cochran (1909), Tommy Cooper (1921), Alan Woods (1944), Patrick Abercrombie (1879), Steve Hillage (1951), and Roger Ashton-Griffiths (1957). After him are John Goodall (1863), Bernard Lovell (1913), Terry Cooper (1944), Peter Arundell (1933), Thomas Nuttall (1786), and Billy McNeill (1940).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Ninian ranks 94Before him are Saint Mungo (518), Carlo Acutis (1991), Jonathan Sacks (1948), Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (1932), Paul Gallagher (1954), and Patrick Abercrombie (1879). After him are Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130), Vincent Nichols (1945), George Abbot (1562), Dolly Pentreath (1692), Æthelberht II of East Anglia (800), and David Beaton (1494).