RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pertinax of Byzantium

200 - 187

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Pertinax (Greek: Περτίναξ; died 187 AD) was Bishop of Byzantium from 169 until his death in 187. Information on his life is mainly drawn from the works of Dorotheus of Tyre, according to whom he was originally a senior officer of the Roman Empire based in Thrace. He contracted a strong bout of some disease, and in the midst of his illness he had heard the rumors of miracles occurring amongst the adherents of a new growing religion – Christianity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pertinax of Byzantium has received more than 22,726 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Pertinax of Byzantium is the 2,403rd most popular religious figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pertinax of Byzantium ranks 2,403 out of 3,187. Before him are Ursula Ledóchowska, Paul Josef Cordes, Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro, Antonio Riberi, Stanislaus Papczyński, and Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg. After him are Pino Puglisi, Serapion of Antioch, André Bessette, Gregorio Rosa Chávez, Francisco Coll Guitart, and László Paskai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 200, Pertinax of Byzantium ranks 74. Before him are Pope Demetrius I of Alexandria, Jotapianus, Amelius, Cornelia Supera, Philadelphus of Byzantium, and Theodotus of Byzantium. After him are Serapion of Antioch, Symmachus, Olympianus of Byzantium, Serenus Sammonicus, Polemon of Athens, and Licinianus. Among people deceased in 187, Pertinax of Byzantium ranks 1. 

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