RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Clement II

1005 - 1047

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Pope Clement II (Latin: Clemens II; born Suidger von Morsleben; died 9 October 1047) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 December 1046 until his death in 1047. He was the first in a series of reform-minded popes from Germany. Suidger was the bishop of Bamberg. In 1046, he accompanied King Henry III of Germany, when at the request of laity and clergy of Rome, Henry went to Italy and summoned the Council of Sutri, which deposed Benedict IX and Sylvester III, and accepted the resignation of Gregory VI. Henry suggested Suidger as the next pope, and he was then elected, taking the name of Clement II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Clement II has received more than 174,543 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Pope Clement II is the 315th most popular religious figure (down from 310th in 2019), the 213th most popular biography from Germany (up from 239th in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Religious Figure.

Pope Clement II is most famous for being the pope who consecrated the first Christian church in Rome.

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  • 67

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Clement II ranks 315 out of 3,187. Before him are Amenhotep I, Maximilian Kolbe, Irenaeus, Pope Sergius III, Pope Gregory VI, and Joseph of Arimathea. After him are Cyprian, Pope Nicholas I, Joel, Pope Innocent I, Pope Alexander IV, and Saint Monica.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1005, Pope Clement II ranks 1. After him are Michael I Cerularius, Macbeth, King of Scotland, Bretislav I, Ali az-Zahir, Henry VII, Duke of Bavaria, Berenguer Ramon I, Count of Barcelona, Lanfranc, and John VIII of Constantinople. Among people deceased in 1047, Pope Clement II ranks 1. After him are Magnus the Good, Humbert I, Count of Savoy, Rodulfus Glaber, Henry VII, Duke of Bavaria, Otto II, Duke of Swabia, and Eustace I, Count of Boulogne.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Pope Clement II ranks 213 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl Liebknecht (1871), Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742), Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (980), Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800), Carl Ritter (1779), and Werner von Siemens (1816). After him are Edith Stein (1891), Albert, Prince Consort (1819), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (1956), Ludwig Erhard (1897), Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714), and Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Pope Clement II ranks 9. Before him are Hildegard of Bingen (1098), Ambrose (340), Albertus Magnus (1206), Pope Joan (null), Pope Damasus II (1000), and Philip Melanchthon (1497). After him are Thomas à Kempis (1380), Bruno of Cologne (1030), Pope Victor II (1018), Rabanus Maurus (780), Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774), and Gertrude the Great (1256).

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