RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Innocent X

1574 - 1655

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Pope Innocent X (6 May 1574 – 7 January 1655), born Giovanni Battista Pamphilj (or Pamphili), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 September 1644 to his death, in January 1655. Born in Rome of a family from Gubbio in Umbria who had come to Rome during the pontificate of Pope Innocent IX, Pamphili was trained as a lawyer and graduated from the Collegio Romano. He followed a conventional cursus honorum, following his uncle Girolamo Pamphili as auditor of the Rota, and like him, attaining the position of cardinal-priest of Sant'Eusebio. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Innocent X has received more than 550,466 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Pope Innocent X is the 156th most popular religious figure (up from 163rd in 2019), the 179th most popular biography from Italy (up from 189th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Innocent X is most famous for being the pope who excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I of England. He also created the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, which was a list of books that Catholics were not allowed to read.

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  • 74.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 74

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Innocent X ranks 156 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Gregory XV, Pope Leo XII, Pope Benedict XIII, Pope Pius IV, Pope Clement XII, and Catherine of Siena. After him are Rabia of Basra, Pope Sixtus V, Ānanda, Pope Callixtus III, Pope Martin IV, and Pope Julius III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1574, Pope Innocent X ranks 1. After him are Handan Sultan, Anne of Denmark, William Oughtred, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Robert Fludd, Maria Christina, Princess of Transylvania, Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, Wilhelm Kettler, Qin Liangyu, Feng Menglong, and Elisabeth of Lorraine. Among people deceased in 1655, Pope Innocent X ranks 1. After him are Cyrano de Bergerac, Pierre Gassendi, Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, Eleonora Gonzaga, Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal, Janusz Radziwiłł, Cristóbal de Morales, Ukita Hideie, Eustache Le Sueur, Daniël Heinsius, and Francesco Molin.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Innocent X ranks 179 out of 5,161. Before him are Artemisia Gentileschi (1593), Nerva (30), Pope Benedict XIII (1649), Pope Pius IV (1499), Pope Clement XII (1652), and Catherine of Siena (1347). After him are Pope Sixtus V (1520), Scipio Africanus (-235), Enrico Caruso (1873), Domenico Ghirlandaio (1448), Pope Julius III (1487), and Pope Honorius III (1148).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Innocent X ranks 56. Before him are Pope Gregory XV (1554), Pope Leo XII (1760), Pope Benedict XIII (1649), Pope Pius IV (1499), Pope Clement XII (1652), and Catherine of Siena (1347). After him are Pope Sixtus V (1520), Pope Julius III (1487), Pope Honorius III (1148), Pope Gregory XII (1335), Pope Paul IV (1476), and Pope Felix I (300).

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