RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pishoy

320 - 417

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Bishoy of Scetis (Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲡⲓϣⲱⲓ Abba Pišoi; Greek: Ὅσιος Παΐσιος ὁ Μέγας; 320 – 417 AD), known in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria as the Star of the Desert and the Beloved of our Good Savior, was a Coptic Desert Father. He is said to have seen Jesus, and been bodily preserved to the present day via incorruptibility at the Monastery of Saint Bishoy in the Nitrian Desert, Egypt. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pishoy has received more than 83,373 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Pishoy is the 1,894th most popular religious figure, the 393rd most popular biography from Egypt and the 49th most popular Egyptian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 83k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pishoy ranks 1,894 out of 3,187. Before him are Ursus of Solothurn, Karekin I, Peter Chanel, Itta of Metz, Camillo Ruini, and John XIV of Constantinople. After him are Bill W., José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, Ashraf Ali Thanwi, Pedro Barreto, Elizabeth Bolden, and Optatus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 320, Pishoy ranks 8. Before him are Onuphrius, Aurelius Victor, Aelius Donatus, Eutropius, Emperor Jianwen of Jin, and Firmus. After him is Flavian I of Antioch. Among people deceased in 417, Pishoy ranks 2. Before him is Pope Innocent I. After him is Zenobius of Florence.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Pishoy ranks 393 out of 642. Before him are Mostafa El-Nahas (1879), Saif al-Adel (1960), Salama Moussa (1887), Gohar Gasparyan (1924), Antigone Costanda (1934), and Al-Zafir (1133). After him are Antonios Naguib (1935), Pope Achillas of Alexandria (300), Georges Schehadé (1905), Hermias (401), Zainab al Ghazali (1917), and Anatolius of Laodicea (201).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Egypt

Among religious figures born in Egypt, Pishoy ranks 49. Before him are Shenoute (348), Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi (1920), Antipope Dioscorus (500), Moses the Black (332), Macarius of Alexandria (297), and Peter III of Alexandria (500). After him are Antonios Naguib (1935), Pope Achillas of Alexandria (300), Anatolius of Laodicea (201), Pope Theonas of Alexandria (300), Menas of Constantinople (null), and Pope Maximus of Alexandria (250).

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