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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Pius IV has received more than 469,914 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Pope Pius IV is the 151st most popular religious figure (down from 140th in 2019), the 177th most popular biography from Italy (down from 176th in 2019) and the 55th 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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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 73

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Pius IV ranks 151 out of 2,238. Before him are Barnabas, Pope Clement XIV, Catherine of Siena, Miriam, Pope Sixtus IV, and Pope Clement XI. After him are Bernadette Soubirous, Pope Gregory XII, Huldrych Zwingli, Vladimir the Great, Saint Christopher, and Pope Julius III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1499, Pope Pius IV ranks 1. After him are Mary Boleyn, Claude of France, Diane de Poitiers, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Giulio Romano, Bernardino de Sahagún, Peter of Alcantara, Claude Garamond, Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, Michiel Coxie, and Maria Salviati. 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, Ranuccio Farnese, Diego Laynez, and Semiz Ali Pasha.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Pius IV ranks 177 out of 4,668. Before him are Galba (-3), Catherine of Siena (1347), Pope Sixtus IV (1414), Pompey (-106), Pope Clement XI (1649), and Catullus (-84). After him are Giorgione (1478), Pope Gregory XII (1335), Pope Julius III (1487), Suetonius (70), Pope Paul IV (1476), and Enzo Ferrari (1898).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Pius IV ranks 55. Before him are Pope Sixtus V (1520), Pope Martin V (1369), Pope Clement XIV (1705), Catherine of Siena (1347), Pope Sixtus IV (1414), and Pope Clement XI (1649). After him are Pope Gregory XII (1335), Pope Julius III (1487), Pope Paul IV (1476), Pope Leo I (390), Pope Innocent XI (1611), and Pope Innocent XIII (1655).

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