RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Benedict XII

1280 - 1342

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Pope Benedict XII (Latin: Benedictus XII, French: Benoît XII; 1285 – 25 April 1342), born Jacques Fournier, was a cardinal and inquisitor, later head of the Catholic Church from 30 December 1334 to his death, in April 1342. He was the third Avignon pope and reformed monastic orders and opposed nepotism. Unable to remove his capital to Rome or Bologna, Benedict started the great palace at Avignon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Benedict XII has received more than 253,866 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Pope Benedict XII is the 198th most popular religious figure (up from 202nd in 2019), the 193rd most popular biography from France (up from 215th in 2019) and the 13th most popular French Religious Figure.

Pope Benedict xii is most famous for his role in the resistance against Nazism and the Holocaust. He was the first pope to speak out against the Nazi regime, and he helped to save thousands of Jews from persecution.

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  • 73.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 68

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Benedict XII ranks 198 out of 3,187. Before him are Agnes of Rome, Pope Eugene IV, Pope Marcellus II, Saint Roch, Pope Pelagius I, and Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib. After him are Pope Clement X, Pope Benedict XI, Pope Benedict VIII, Elizabeth of Hungary, Pope Boniface I, and Pope Celestine III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1280, Pope Benedict XII ranks 1. After him are Musa I of Mali, Öljaitü, Pietro Lorenzetti, Michael Shishman of Bulgaria, Birger, King of Sweden, Blanche of Anjou, John Koukouzelis, Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg, Wu Zhen, Eric I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, and Ugolino di Nerio. Among people deceased in 1342, Pope Benedict XII ranks 1. After him are Charles I of Hungary, Marsilius of Padua, Peter II of Sicily, Robert III of Artois, Anna of Trebizond, Tini Beg, Bartolomeo Gradenigo, Guy I, Count of Blois, and Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pope Benedict XII ranks 193 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis X of France (1289), Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (1113), Louis Bonaparte (1778), Saint Roch (1295), Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796), and Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1934). After him are Cyrano de Bergerac (1619), Nicolas Flamel (1330), Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775), Georges Cuvier (1769), Pope Gregory XI (1370), and Erik Satie (1866).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Pope Benedict XII ranks 13. Before him are Pope John XXII (1244), Pope Martin IV (1220), Pope Urban V (1310), Bernadette Soubirous (1844), Pope Clement VI (1291), and Saint Roch (1295). After him are Pope Gregory XI (1370), Pope Clement IV (1190), Pope Urban IV (1185), Pope Innocent VI (1282), Pope Urban VI (1318), and Pope Callixtus II (1065).

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