RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Leo IV

790 - 855

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Pope Leo IV (died 17 July 855) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 10 April 847 to his death. He is remembered for repairing Roman churches that had been damaged during the Arab raid against Rome, and for building the Leonine Wall around Vatican Hill to protect the city. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Leo IV has received more than 349,728 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Pope Leo IV is the 337th most popular religious figure (down from 331st in 2019), the 381st most popular biography from Italy (up from 392nd in 2019) and the 154th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Leo IV is most famous for being the pope who crowned Charlemagne as the Holy Roman Emperor.

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  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 72

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Leo IV ranks 337 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Julius I, Pope Celestine IV, Antipope John XXIII, Vitus, Pope Sixtus III, and Pope Dionysius. After him are Ulfilas, Gregory of Nyssa, Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb, Pope John I, Ali al-Ridha, and Talhah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 790, Pope Leo IV ranks 2. Before him is Pope Gregory IV. After him are Íñigo Arista of Pamplona, Ramiro I of Asturias, Fatimah bint Musa, Li He, Leo the Mathematician, Berengar the Wise, Otfrid of Weissenburg, and Euphrosyne. Among people deceased in 855, Pope Leo IV ranks 3. Before him are Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and Lothair I. After him is Boso the Elder.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Leo IV ranks 381 out of 5,161. Before him are Antipope John XXIII (1370), Vitus (290), Archytas (-428), Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625), Pope Sixtus III (390), and Alberto Moravia (1907). After him are Marcus Terentius Varro (-116), Nero Claudius Drusus (-38), Cato the Younger (-95), Cesare Maldini (1932), Tiberius Gracchus (-163), and Nino Rota (1911).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Leo IV ranks 154. Before him are Pope Anastasius III (890), Pope Julius I (300), Pope Celestine IV (1200), Antipope John XXIII (1370), Vitus (290), and Pope Sixtus III (390). After him are Pope John I (470), Pope Stephen I (200), Pope Liberius (310), Pope Marinus II (932), Pope John II (470), and Pope Benedict VII (910).

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