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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Benedict XIII

1649 - 1730

Pope Benedict XIII

Pope Benedict XIII (Latin: Benedictus XIII; Italian: Benedetto XIII; 2 February 1649 – 21 February 1730), born Pietro Francesco Orsini and later called Vincenzo Maria Orsini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 May 1724 to his death in February 1730. A Dominican friar, Orsini focused on his religious responsibilities as bishop rather than on papal administration. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Benedict XIII has received more than 623,404 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Pope Benedict XIII is the 235th most popular religious figure (down from 231st in 2019), the 268th most popular biography from Italy (up from 277th in 2019) and the 101st most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Benedict XIII was most famous for being the last pope to have been born in the Middle Ages. He was also the last pope to have been a cardinal before he became pope.

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72.33
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
76
Languages Editions (L)
11.49
Effective Languages (L*)
3.49
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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Benedict XIII ranks 235 out of 2,238. Before him are Pope Clement IV, Pope Pelagius I, Pope John XV, Joachim, Pope Adeodatus I, and Pope Joan. After him are Pope John VIII, Saint Patrick, Pope Eugene III, Pope Adrian I, Pope Alexander I, and Vincent de Paul.

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HPI: 72.54
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HPI: 72.33
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1649, Pope Benedict XIII ranks 2. Before him is Pope Clement XI. After him are Marie Anne Mancini, Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Thomas Tew, John Blow, Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Jan Luyken, and Giuseppe Maria Tomasi. Among people deceased in 1730, Pope Benedict XIII ranks 2. Before him is Peter II of Russia. After him are Frederick IV of Denmark, Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska, Leonardo Vinci, Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Adrienne Lecouvreur, Jakob Ammann, Hans Hermann von Katte, François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, and Árni Magnússon.

Others Born in 1649

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Pope Clement XI
1649 - 1721
HPI: 74.73
Rank: 1
Pope Benedict XIII
1649 - 1730
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 2
Marie Anne Mancini
1649 - 1714
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 3
Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth
1649 - 1734
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 4
Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria
1649 - 1664
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 5
Thomas Tew
1649 - 1695
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 6
John Blow
1649 - 1708
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 7
Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark
1649 - 1704
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 8
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
1649 - 1685
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 9
Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
1649 - 1706
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 10
Jan Luyken
1649 - 1712
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 11
Giuseppe Maria Tomasi
1649 - 1713
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 12