RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Pius IV

1499 - 1565

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Pope Pius IV (Italian: Pio IV; 31 March 1499 – 9 December 1565), born Giovanni Angelo Medici, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 December 1559 to his death, in December 1565. Born in Milan, his family considered itself a branch of the House of Medici and used the same coat of arms. Although modern historians have found no proof of this connection, the Medici of Florence recognized the claims of the Medici of Milan in the early 16th century.Pope Paul III appointed Medici Archbishop of Ragusa, and sent him on diplomatic missions to the Holy Roman Empire and Hungary. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Pius IV has received more than 466,354 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Pope Pius IV is the 153rd most popular religious figure (down from 147th in 2019), the 176th most popular biography from Italy and the 53rd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Pius IV was most famous for the Council of Trent, which was a council that reformed the Catholic Church in the 16th century.

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  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 76

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Pope Pius IV has had the most page views in the with 52,537 views, followed by Italian (33,648), and Spanish (22,630). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Lombard (155.14%), Malay (110.37%), and Yoruba (57.53%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Pius IV ranks 153 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope John XXII, Isidore of Seville, Pope Sylvester III, Pope Gregory XV, Pope Leo XII, and Pope Benedict XIII. After him are Pope Clement XII, Catherine of Siena, Pope Innocent X, Rabia of Basra, Pope Sixtus V, and Ānanda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1499, Pope Pius IV ranks 1. After him are Mary Boleyn, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Diane de Poitiers, Giulio Romano, Claude of France, Peter of Alcantara, Bernardino de Sahagún, Claude Garamond, Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, Maria Salviati, and Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo. Among people deceased in 1565, Pope Pius IV ranks 1. After him are Conrad Gessner, Dragut, Lodovico Ferrari, Queen Munjeong, William Farel, Cipriano de Rore, Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Diego Laynez, Semiz Ali Pasha, and Lucia Anguissola.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Pius IV ranks 176 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Gregory XV (1554), Pope Leo XII (1760), Giorgione (1478), Artemisia Gentileschi (1593), Nerva (30), and Pope Benedict XIII (1649). After him are Pope Clement XII (1652), Catherine of Siena (1347), Pope Innocent X (1574), Pope Sixtus V (1520), Scipio Africanus (-235), and Enrico Caruso (1873).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Pius IV ranks 53. Before him are Pope Lucius I (200), Pope Innocent VIII (1432), Pope Sylvester III (1000), Pope Gregory XV (1554), Pope Leo XII (1760), and Pope Benedict XIII (1649). After him are Pope Clement XII (1652), Catherine of Siena (1347), Pope Innocent X (1574), Pope Sixtus V (1520), Pope Julius III (1487), and Pope Honorius III (1148).

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