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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 393,132 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Anicetus is the 312th most popular religious figure (down from 257th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Syria and the 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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  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 70

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Anicetus ranks 312 out of 2,238. Before him are Judas Maccabeus, Pope Boniface I, Al-Tirmidhi, Pope Gregory II, Vitus, and Pope Agatho. After him are Pope Gregory VI, Pope Clement II, Pope Innocent IV, Fethullah Gülen, Tiye, and Matteo Ricci.

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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 8 out of 181. Before him are Zenobia (240), John of Damascus (676), Yazid I (647), Hafez al-Assad (1930), Abd al-Rahman I (731), and Philip the Arab (204). After him are Apollodorus of Damascus (50), Bashar al-Assad (1965), Ibn Kathir (1301), Pope Gregory III (700), Muawiya II (661), and Marwan II (688).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Syria

Among religious figures born in Syria, Pope Anicetus ranks 1. After him are Pope Gregory III (700), John Climacus (579), Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (1292), Ananias of Damascus (100), Émile Benveniste (1902), Romanos the Melodist (490), Maron (301), Apollinaris of Laodicea (310), Sophronius of Jerusalem (560), Ibn Asakir (1105), and Gregory III Laham (1933).

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