RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Benedict XI

1240 - 1304

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Pope Benedict XI (Latin: Benedictus PP. XI; 1240 – 7 July 1304), born Nicola Boccasini (Niccolò of Treviso), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 October 1303 to his death, in 7 July 1304. Boccasini entered the Order of Preachers in his native Treviso. He studied at Venice and Milan before becoming a teacher in Venice and in other Dominican houses. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Benedict XI has received more than 257,063 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Pope Benedict XI is the 200th most popular religious figure (down from 198th in 2019), the 228th most popular biography from Italy (up from 232nd in 2019) and the 83rd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Benedict XVI is most famous for being the first pope to resign from his position in nearly 600 years.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 77.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 66

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 15.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Benedict XI ranks 200 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Marcellus II, Saint Roch, Pope Pelagius I, Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Pope Benedict XII, and Pope Clement X. After him are Pope Benedict VIII, Elizabeth of Hungary, Pope Boniface I, Pope Celestine III, John of Nepomuk, and Pope Innocent IX.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1240, Pope Benedict XI ranks 1. After him are Cimabue, Yunus Emre, Arnolfo di Cambio, Arnaldus de Villa Nova, Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg, Abraham Abulafia, Magnus III of Sweden, Boetius of Dacia, Siger of Brabant, Emperor Duzong, and Pietro Cavallini. Among people deceased in 1304, Pope Benedict XI ranks 1. After him are Ghazan, John II, Count of Holland, Emperor Go-Fukakusa, Agnes of Brandenburg, Matilda of Habsburg, Andrey of Gorodets, and Conrad, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Benedict XI ranks 228 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Eugene IV (1383), Pope Marcellus II (1501), Giuseppe Mazzini (1805), Pope Pelagius I (505), Piero della Francesca (1415), and Pope Clement X (1590). After him are Pope Benedict VIII (980), Luchino Visconti (1906), Pope Boniface I (370), Pope Celestine III (1106), Pope Innocent IX (1519), and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Benedict XI ranks 83. Before him are Pope Clement XIII (1693), Agnes of Rome (291), Pope Eugene IV (1383), Pope Marcellus II (1501), Pope Pelagius I (505), and Pope Clement X (1590). After him are Pope Benedict VIII (980), Pope Boniface I (370), Pope Celestine III (1106), Pope Innocent IX (1519), Pope Gregory XIV (1535), and Pope Innocent XII (1615).

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