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Novatian

220 - 258

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Novatian (Greek: Νοβατιανός, Latin: Novatianus, c. 200 – c. 258) was a scholar, priest, and theologian. He is considered by the Catholic Church to have been an antipope between 251 and 258. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Novatian has received more than 197,268 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Novatian is the 680th most popular writer (down from 606th in 2019), the 247th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 250th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Turkish Writer.

Novatian was a Christian theologian and a presbyter in Rome during the 3rd century AD. He is most famous for his Novatianist theology, which taught that those who committed apostasy and then repented should not be readmitted to communion.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.73

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  • 2.79

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Novatian ranks 680 out of 7,302. Before him are Lawrence Durrell, Marie de France, Maurice Blanchot, Sei Shōnagon, Bernard Gui, and André Chénier. After him are Phillis Wheatley, Derek Walcott, Joseph of Anchieta, Jacinto Benavente, Claudian, and Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 220, Novatian ranks 4. Before him are Saint Christopher, Quintillus, and Herennius Etruscus. After him are Odaenathus, and Aureolus. Among people deceased in 258, Novatian ranks 4. Before him are Saint Lawrence, Pope Sixtus II, and Cyprian. After him are Eugenia of Rome, and Zhuge Dan.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Novatian ranks 247 out of 1,347. Before him are Aratus (-315), Fatma Sultan (1605), Vitiges (475), Theodore the Studite (759), Cevdet Sunay (1899), and André Chénier (1762). After him are John IV Laskaris (1250), Michael IX Palaiologos (1277), Basiliscus (500), Ctesias (-440), Constantine Laskaris (1170), and Michael V Kalaphates (1015).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Novatian ranks 14. Before him are Yunus Emre (1240), Ammianus Marcellinus (330), Giorgos Seferis (1900), Aratus (-315), Theodore the Studite (759), and André Chénier (1762). After him are Dio Chrysostom (40), Ahmad Khani (1650), Ibn Hawqal (943), Aziz Nesin (1915), Theodoret (393), and Bar Hebraeus (1226).

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