RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Anicetus

70 - 168

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Pope Anicetus (Greek: Ανίκητος) was the bishop of Rome from c. 157 to his death in April 168. According to the Annuario Pontificio, the start of his papacy may have been 153. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Anicetus has received more than 421,403 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Pope Anicetus is the 371st most popular religious figure (down from 308th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Syria (down from 8th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Syrian Religious Figure.

Pope Anicetus is most famous for being the pope who condemned Polycarp, a bishop of Smyrna, for his beliefs.

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  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 73

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Anicetus ranks 371 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Anastasius I, Bahá'u'lláh, Pope Soter, Pope Clement III, Pope Sergius I, and James, son of Alphaeus. After him are Sabbatai Zevi, Pope Nicholas II, Parascheva of the Balkans, Alcuin, Muhammad al-Baqir, and Pope Martin I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 70, Pope Anicetus ranks 2. Before him is Suetonius. After him are Menelaus of Alexandria, Papias of Hierapolis, Theon of Smyrna, and Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus. Among people deceased in 168, Pope Anicetus ranks 1. After him are Emperor Huan of Han, and An Shigao.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Pope Anicetus ranks 13 out of 210. Before him are Pope Gregory III (700), Philip the Arab (204), Bashar al-Assad (1965), Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Apollodorus of Damascus (50), and Ibn Kathir (1301). After him are Muawiya II (661), Marwan II (688), Julia Domna (160), Al-Nawawi (1233), Al-Maʿarri (973), and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (1292).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Syria

Among religious figures born in Syria, Pope Anicetus ranks 2. Before him are Pope Gregory III (700). After him are Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (1292), John Climacus (579), Romanos the Melodist (490), Émile Benveniste (1902), Ananias of Damascus (100), Maron (301), Apollinaris of Laodicea (310), Sophronius of Jerusalem (560), Ibn Asakir (1105), and Gregory III Laham (1933).

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