RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Benedict XIII

1649 - 1730

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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. Orsini's lack of political expertise led him to increasingly rely on an unscrupulous secretary (Cardinal Niccolò Coscia) whose financial abuses ruined the papal treasury, causing great damage to the Church in Rome. In the process towards sainthood, his cause for canonization opened in 1755, but it was closed shortly afterwards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Benedict XIII has received more than 612,820 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). Pope Benedict XIII is the 152nd most popular religious figure (up from 231st in 2019), the 175th most popular biography from Italy (up from 267th in 2019) and the 52nd 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 610k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 77

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Pope Benedict XIIIS by language

Over the past year Pope Benedict XIII has had the most page views in the with 89,767 views, followed by Italian (37,656), and Spanish (15,184). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (276.45%), Malay (119.74%), and Ido (90.61%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Benedict XIII ranks 152 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Innocent VIII, Pope John XXII, Isidore of Seville, Pope Sylvester III, Pope Gregory XV, and Pope Leo XII. After him are Pope Pius IV, Pope Clement XII, Catherine of Siena, Pope Innocent X, Rabia of Basra, and Pope Sixtus V.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Benedict XIII ranks 175 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463), Pope Gregory XV (1554), Pope Leo XII (1760), Giorgione (1478), Artemisia Gentileschi (1593), and Nerva (30). After him are Pope Pius IV (1499), Pope Clement XII (1652), Catherine of Siena (1347), Pope Innocent X (1574), Pope Sixtus V (1520), and Scipio Africanus (-235).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Benedict XIII ranks 52. Before him are Pope Paul V (1552), Pope Lucius I (200), Pope Innocent VIII (1432), Pope Sylvester III (1000), Pope Gregory XV (1554), and Pope Leo XII (1760). After him are Pope Pius IV (1499), Pope Clement XII (1652), Catherine of Siena (1347), Pope Innocent X (1574), Pope Sixtus V (1520), and Pope Julius III (1487).

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