RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Gregory VIII

1100 - 1187

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Pope Gregory VIII (Latin: Gregorius VIII; c. 1100/1105 – 17 December 1187), born Alberto di Morra, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States for two months in 1187. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Gregory VIII has received more than 210,357 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Pope Gregory VIII is the 187th most popular religious figure (down from 173rd in 2019), the 214th most popular biography from Italy (down from 200th in 2019) and the 74th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Gregory VIII is most famous for calling for the first crusade.

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  • 70

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Gregory VIII ranks 187 out of 3,187Before him are Bernadette Soubirous, Pope Clement IX, Pope Celestine I, Abdul Qadir Gilani, Malik ibn Anas, and Pope Urban III. After him are Pope Benedict XIV, Pope Martin V, Pope Clement XIII, Pope Clement VI, Agnes of Rome, and Pope Eugene IV.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1100, Pope Gregory VIII ranks 2Before him is Muhammad al-Idrisi. After him are Pope Lucius II, Pope Honorius II, Pope Innocent II, Ahmad Sanjar, Pope Alexander III, Pope Celestine II, Adam of Bremen, Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, Najm ad-Din Ayyub, and Albert the Bear. Among people deceased in 1187, Pope Gregory VIII ranks 2Before him is Pope Urban III. After him are Raynald of Châtillon, Raymond III, Count of Tripoli, Emperor Gaozong of Song, Gerard of Cremona, Constantine Manasses, Adelaide of Vohburg, Alexios Branas, Roger de Moulins, and Ruben III, Prince of Armenia.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Gregory VIII ranks 214 out of 5,161Before him are Pompey (-106), Servius Tullius (-600), Pope Clement IX (1600), Pope Celestine I (400), Antonio Salieri (1750), and Pope Urban III (1200). After him are Pope Benedict XIV (1675), Pope Martin V (1369), Gerolamo Cardano (1501), Pope Clement XIII (1693), Suetonius (70), and Agnes of Rome (291).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Gregory VIII ranks 74Before him are Pope Linus (1), Pope Boniface V (575), Saint Cecilia (200), Pope Clement IX (1600), Pope Celestine I (400), and Pope Urban III (1200). After him are Pope Benedict XIV (1675), Pope Martin V (1369), Pope Clement XIII (1693), Agnes of Rome (291), Pope Eugene IV (1383), and Pope Marcellus II (1501).