RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Gregory III

700 - 741

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Pope Gregory III (Latin: Gregorius III; died 28 November 741) was the bishop of Rome from 11 February 731 to his death on 28 November 741. His pontificate, like that of his predecessor, was disturbed by Byzantine iconoclasm and the advance of the Lombards, in which he invoked the intervention of Charles Martel, although ultimately in vain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Gregory III has received more than 1,207,630 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). Pope Gregory III is the 299th most popular religious figure (up from 432nd in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Syria (up from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Syrian Religious Figure.

Pope Gregory III is most famous for his role in the Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons.

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  • 75.55

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  • 77

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Gregory III ranks 299 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Evaristus, Pope Alexander III, Pope Marinus I, Ephrem the Syrian, Ignatius of Antioch, and Pope Eugene II. After him are Tiye, Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, Habakkuk, Pope John XXI, Pope Gregory V, and Abu Dawood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 700, Pope Gregory III ranks 2. Before him is Pope Adrian I. After him are Pope Paul I, Pope-elect Stephen, Anastasios II, Philippikos Bardanes, Theodosius III, Dihya, Tiberius III, Wahshi ibn Harb, Abdullah ibn Saba', and Piruz Nahavandi. Among people deceased in 741, Pope Gregory III ranks 3. Before him are Charles Martel, and Leo III the Isaurian. After him is Theudoald.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Pope Gregory III ranks 7 out of 210. Before him are Elagabalus (203), John of Damascus (676), Yazid I (647), Zenobia (240), Hafez al-Assad (1930), and Abd al-Rahman I (731). After him are Philip the Arab (204), Bashar al-Assad (1965), Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Apollodorus of Damascus (50), Ibn Kathir (1301), and Pope Anicetus (70).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Syria

Among religious figures born in Syria, Pope Gregory III ranks 1. After him are Pope Anicetus (70), Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (1292), John Climacus (579), Romanos the Melodist (490), Émile Benveniste (1902), Ananias of Damascus (100), Maron (301), Apollinaris of Laodicea (310), Sophronius of Jerusalem (560), Ibn Asakir (1105), and Gregory III Laham (1933).

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