RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Leo V

870 - 905

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Pope Leo V was the bishop of Rome and nominal ruler of the Papal States from July 903 to his death in February 904. He was pope immediately before the period known as the Saeculum obscurum, when popes wielded little temporal authority. Leo V was born at a place called Priapi, near Ardea. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Leo V has received more than 216,353 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Pope Leo V is the 681st most popular religious figure (down from 640th in 2019), the 841st most popular biography from Italy (down from 779th in 2019) and the 253rd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Leo V is most famous for being the pope who was killed by his successor, Pope John VIII.

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  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 71

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Leo V ranks 681 out of 3,187. Before him are Isaac Luria, Julia of Corsica, Norbert of Xanten, Robert of Molesme, Jacobus da Varagine, and Holofernes. After him are Twosret, Aloysius Stepinac, Zebedee, Eulalia of Mérida, Óscar Romero, and Pontius Pilate's wife.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 870, Pope Leo V ranks 3. Before him are Romanos I Lekapenos, and Alexander. After him are Zwentibold, Lestek, Fulk I, Count of Anjou, Petar of Serbia, and Ebalus, Duke of Aquitaine. Among people deceased in 905, Pope Leo V ranks 1. 

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    Pope Leo V

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    870 - 905

    HPI: 64.37

    Rank: 1

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Leo V ranks 841 out of 5,161. Before him are Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444), Riccardo Giacconi (1931), Andrea Pisano (1290), Federico Barocci (1535), Jacobus da Varagine (1228), and Amilcare Ponchielli (1834). After him are Federico da Montefeltro (1422), Francesca da Rimini (1259), Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1671), François Grimaldi (1201), Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1590), and Fra Dolcino (1250).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Leo V ranks 253. Before him are Pope Anastasius II (450), Tarcisius (263), Pope Benedict IV (860), Pope Benedict V (930), John of Capistrano (1386), and Jacobus da Varagine (1228). After him are Tarcisio Bertone (1934), Scholastica (480), Angelo Sodano (1927), Pope Severinus (600), Silas (1), and Melania the Younger (383).

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