RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Stephen III

720 - 772

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Pope Stephen III (Latin: Stephanus III; 720 – 24 January 772) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 7 August 768 to his death. Stephen was a Benedictine monk who worked in the Lateran Palace during the reign of Pope Zachary. In the midst of a tumultuous contest by rival factions to name a successor to Pope Paul I, Stephen was elected with the support of the Roman officials. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Stephen III has received more than 258,964 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Pope Stephen III is the 453rd most popular religious figure (down from 395th in 2019), the 522nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 464th in 2019) and the 207th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Stephen III is most famous for being the first pope to excommunicate a king. In 754, Stephen III excommunicated the Frankish king Pepin the Short for being too close to the Lombards.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 70

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Stephen III ranks 453 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Conon, Pope Hilarius, Pope Callixtus I, Pope Stephen IV, Ammar ibn Yasir, and Abdullah ibn Umar. After him are Manco Cápac, Pope Sabinian, Longinus, Bahira, Thomas à Kempis, and Pope-elect Stephen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 720, Pope Stephen III ranks 1. After him are Paul the Deacon, Bertrada of Laon, Silo of Asturias, and Anselm, Duke of Friuli. Among people deceased in 772, Pope Stephen III ranks 1. 

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Stephen III ranks 522 out of 5,161. Before him are Lucius Caesar (-17), Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (1666), Giuseppe Peano (1858), Trebonianus Gallus (206), Alcide De Gasperi (1881), and Alberto Ascari (1918). After him are Pietro Aretino (1492), Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Longinus (100), Pope-elect Stephen (700), Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290), and Pope Anterus (180).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Stephen III ranks 207. Before him are Pope Boniface III (540), Beatrice Portinari (1265), Pope Conon (630), Pope Hilarius (415), Pope Callixtus I (180), and Pope Stephen IV (770). After him are Longinus (100), Pope-elect Stephen (700), Pope Anterus (180), Pope John III (520), Pope John XIV (1000), and Peter Lombard (1096).

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