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Pope Leo IX

1002 - 1054

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Pope Leo IX (21 June 1002 – 19 April 1054), born Bruno von Egisheim-Dagsburg, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 February 1049 to his death in 1054. Leo IX is considered to be one of the most historically significant popes of the Middle Ages; he was instrumental in the precipitation of the Great Schism of 1054, considered the turning point in which the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches formally separated. Leo IX favoured traditional morality in his reformation of the Catholic Church. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Leo IX has received more than 541,434 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Pope Leo IX is the 44th most popular nobleman (down from 43rd in 2019), the 253rd most popular biography from France (down from 229th in 2019) and the 9th most popular French Nobleman.

Pope Leo IX is most famous for being the first pope to wear the papal tiara in a coronation ceremony. He also called the first ecumenical council of the Catholic Church, where he condemned simony.

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  • 540k

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  • 72.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 68

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Pope Leo IX ranks 44 out of 1,415. Before him are Marie de' Medici, Edward VII, El Cid, Otto von Habsburg, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, and Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia. After him are Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Ramesses III, Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, Princess Märtha of Sweden, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Albert, Prince Consort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1002, Pope Leo IX ranks 1. After him are Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi. Among people deceased in 1054, Pope Leo IX ranks 2. Before him is Yaroslav the Wise. After him are Atiśa, Hermann of Reichenau, García Sánchez III of Pamplona, and Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pope Leo IX ranks 253 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732), Pope Callixtus II (1065), Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796), Honoré Daumier (1808), Philip III of France (1245), and Ferdinand Foch (1851). After him are Georges Méliès (1861), Serge Gainsbourg (1928), Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810), Michel Platini (1955), Rudolf Diesel (1858), and Stéphane Mallarmé (1842).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Pope Leo IX ranks 9. Before him are Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122), Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1934), Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775), Charles the Bold (1433), Margaret of Valois (1553), and Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640). After him are Raynald of Châtillon (1123), Robert Guiscard (1016), Philip the Bold (1342), Charles, Count of Valois (1270), Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674), and Jeanne d'Albret (1528).

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