RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Gregory XVI

1765 - 1846

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Pope Gregory XVI (Latin: Gregorius XVI; Italian: Gregorio XVI; born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari; 18 September 1765 – 1 June 1846) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 2 February 1831 to his death in June 1846. He had adopted the name Mauro upon entering the religious order of the Camaldolese. Strongly conservative and traditionalist, he opposed democratic and modernising reforms in the Papal States and throughout Europe, seeing them as fronts for liberalism and laicism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Gregory XVI has received more than 757,321 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Pope Gregory XVI is the 123rd most popular religious figure (down from 112th in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from Italy (down from 124th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Gregory XVI was most famous for abolishing slavery in the Papal States in 1839.

Memorability Metrics

  • 760k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 75.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 80

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Gregory XVI ranks 123 out of 3,187. Before him are Esther, Pope Adrian II, Elisha, Saint Sebastian, John Bosco, and Clare of Assisi. After him are Pope Urban VII, Pope Boniface VIII, Zechariah, Pope Gregory IX, Hassan-i Sabbah, and Pope Pius VIII.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1765, Pope Gregory XVI ranks 2. Before him is William IV of the United Kingdom. After him are Nicéphore Niépce, Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, Pyotr Bagration, Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt, Charles Felix of Sardinia, Emma, Lady Hamilton, Paolo Ruffini, Jacques MacDonald, and Karl Ludwig Harding. Among people deceased in 1846, Pope Gregory XVI ranks 1. After him are Louis Bonaparte, Friedrich Bessel, Emperor Ninkō, Friedrich List, Andrew Kim Taegon, Francis IV, Duke of Modena, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Giuseppe Acerbi, Rodolphe Töpffer, Otto von Kotzebue, and Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Gregory XVI ranks 129 out of 5,161. Before him are Terence Hill (1939), Pope Adrian II (792), John Bosco (1815), Donato Bramante (1443), Clare of Assisi (1193), and Andrea Palladio (1508). After him are Paolo Veronese (1528), Cesare Borgia (1475), Pope Urban VII (1521), Andrea del Verrocchio (1435), Pope Boniface VIII (1235), and Pope Gregory IX (1160).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Gregory XVI ranks 34. Before him are Pope Urban VIII (1568), Agatha of Sicily (235), Pope Pius II (1405), Pope Adrian II (792), John Bosco (1815), and Clare of Assisi (1193). After him are Pope Urban VII (1521), Pope Boniface VIII (1235), Pope Gregory IX (1160), Pope Pius VIII (1761), Pope Formosus (816), and Pope Clement VIII (1536).

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