RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Boniface II

470 - 532

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Pope Boniface II (Latin: Bonifatius II; died 17 October 532) was the first Germanic bishop of Rome. He ruled the Holy See from 22 September 530 until his death on 17 October 532. Boniface's father's name was Sigibuld. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Boniface II has received more than 219,071 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Pope Boniface II is the 546th most popular religious figure (up from 579th in 2019), the 635th most popular biography from Italy (up from 687th in 2019) and the 228th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Boniface II is most famous for being the first pope to take the name of a saint, in this case, Boniface.

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  • 66.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 73

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Boniface II ranks 546 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Marinus, Radha, Pope Stephen II, Hind bint Utbah, Penitent thief, and Simon Magus. After him are Antipope Clement VII, Zayd ibn Thabit, Meritaten, William Laud, Saint Timothy, and Truganini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 470, Pope Boniface II ranks 3. Before him are Pope John I, and Pope John II. After him are Theudis, Caesarius of Arles, Medardus, Audofleda, Albinus of Angers, Caradoc, Finnian of Clonard, Buddhapālita, and Narasimhagupta. Among people deceased in 532, Pope Boniface II ranks 1. After him are Sabbas the Sanctified, and Hypatius.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Boniface II ranks 635 out of 5,161. Before him are Kurt Schuschnigg (1897), Virna Lisi (1936), Lazzaro Spallanzani (1729), Tancred, Prince of Galilee (1072), Silvana Mangano (1930), and Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours (1479). After him are Libius Severus (420), Marozia (890), Benozzo Gozzoli (1420), Vittorio Gassman (1922), Giorgio Agamben (1942), and Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Boniface II ranks 228. Before him are Saint Rosalia (1130), Pope Zephyrinus (150), Pope Miltiades (250), Pope Agapetus I (490), Pope Stephen VI (850), and Pope Stephen II (715). After him are Pope Telesphorus (100), Pope John XIII (930), Paul the Deacon (720), Pope Donus (610), Pope Romanus (850), and Francis of Paola (1416).

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