RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Paul of Samosata

200 - 275

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Paul of Samosata (‹See Tfd›Greek: Παῦλος ὁ Σαμοσατεύς, lived from 200 to 275 AD) was Bishop of Antioch from 260 to 268 and the originator of the Paulianist heresy named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul of Samosata has received more than 180,700 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Paul of Samosata is the 798th most popular religious figure (up from 936th in 2019), the 313th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 441st in 2019) and the 49th most popular Religious Figure.

Paul of Samosata is most famous for being the first to teach that Jesus was a mere mortal.

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  • 180k

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  • 62.03

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Paul of Samosata ranks 798 out of 3,187. Before him are Hippolytus of Rome, Nicholas of Flüe, Eutyches, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, Pietro Parolin, and Isidore the Laborer. After him are Gemma Galgani, Basilides, Peter Chrysologus, Papias of Hierapolis, Giuseppe Moscati, and Margot Frank.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 200, Paul of Samosata ranks 17. Before him are Celsus, Alexander of Aphrodisias, Marcus Claudius Tacitus, Zhang Jue, Wei Yan, and Sasan. After him are Tatiana of Rome, Xiahou Yuan, Xu Chu, Artabanus IV of Parthia, Bhāsa, and Claudius Aelianus. Among people deceased in 275, Paul of Samosata ranks 4. Before him are Zenobia, Aurelian, and Tarcisius. After him is Mammes of Caesarea.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Paul of Samosata ranks 313 out of 1,347. Before him are Gennadius Scholarius (1400), Alexander Balas (-150), Kaya Sultan (1633), Ephorus (-400), Agnes of Antioch (1153), and Eutyches (380). After him are Anna Porphyrogenita (963), Maria Laskarina (1206), Bar Hebraeus (1226), Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha (null), Nikephoros I of Constantinople (758), and Laskarina Bouboulina (1771).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Paul of Samosata ranks 49. Before him are Apollinaris of Ravenna (101), Erasmus of Formia (300), Theodora (815), Onesimus (1), Nectarios of Aegina (1846), and Eutyches (380). After him are Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha (null), Nikephoros I of Constantinople (758), Athanasius the Athonite (920), Lucian of Antioch (240), Germanus I of Constantinople (634), and Charalambos (87).

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