RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope John Paul I

1912 - 1978

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Pope John Paul I (Latin: Ioannes Paulus I; Italian: Giovanni Paolo I; born Albino Luciani [alˈbiːno luˈtʃaːni]; 17 October 1912 – 28 September 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later. His reign is among the shortest in papal history, resulting in the most recent year of three popes and the first to occur since 1605. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope John Paul I has received more than 5,180,292 page views. His biography is available in 109 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 108 in 2019). Pope John Paul I is the 38th most popular religious figure (up from 42nd in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Italy (up from 42nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope John Paul I was the pope from August 26, 1978 to September 28, 1978. He is most famous for being the pope for the shortest amount of time in history.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 80.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 109

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope John Paul I ranks 38 out of 3,187. Before him are Sarah, Husayn ibn Ali, Abu Hanifa, Martin of Tours, Jonah, and Ruhollah Khomeini. After him are Mark the Evangelist, Queen of Sheba, Anthony the Great, John the Apostle, Muhammad al-Bukhari, and Pope Alexander VI.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Pope John Paul I ranks 3. Before him are Kim Il-sung, and Alan Turing. After him are Eva Braun, Erich Honecker, Milton Friedman, Wernher von Braun, Otto von Habsburg, Jackson Pollock, Michelangelo Antonioni, János Kádár, and Millvina Dean. Among people deceased in 1978, Pope John Paul I ranks 1. After him are Golda Meir, Pope Paul VI, Aram Khachaturian, Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Kurt Gödel, Aldo Moro, Jacques Brel, Giorgio de Chirico, Manne Siegbahn, Adolf Dassler, and Umberto Nobile.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope John Paul I ranks 41 out of 5,161. Before him are Niccolò Paganini (1782), Maria Montessori (1870), Titian (1488), Lorenzo de' Medici (1449), Silvio Berlusconi (1936), and Pontius Pilate (-12). After him are Tiberius (-42), Donatello (1386), Florence Nightingale (1820), Empedocles (-490), Gioachino Rossini (1792), and Evangelista Torricelli (1608).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope John Paul I ranks 2. Before him are Francis of Assisi (1182). After him are Pope Pius IX (1792), Pope John XXIII (1881), Pope Leo XIII (1810), Pope Clement VII (1478), Pope Gregory I (540), Saint Lucy (283), Pope Pius XII (1876), Saint Valentine (226), Pope Innocent VII (1339), and Pope Julius II (1443).

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