RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Stephen IX

1020 - 1058

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Pope Stephen IX (Latin: Stephanus, christened Frederick; c. 1020 – 29 March 1058) was the Bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 3 August 1057 to his death on 29 March 1058. He was a member of the Ardenne-Verdun family, who ruled the Duchy of Lorraine, and started his ecclesiastical career as a canon in Liège. He was invited to Rome by Pope Leo IX, who made him chancellor in 1051 and one of three legates to Constantinople in 1054. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Stephen IX has received more than 282,814 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Pope Stephen IX is the 606th most popular religious figure (up from 626th in 2019), the 673rd most popular biography from France (up from 723rd in 2019) and the 37th most popular French Religious Figure.

Pope Stephen IX was most famous for his involvement in the Investiture Controversy.

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  • 70.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Stephen IX ranks 606 out of 3,187. Before him are Qasim ibn Muhammad, Pope Stephen V, Pope Theodore II, Muhammad Ahmad, John Wesley, and Seraphim of Sarov. After him are Anne Catherine Emmerich, Josaphat Kuntsevych, Huineng, Angela Merici, Giulia Farnese, and Korah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1020, Pope Stephen IX ranks 4. Before him are Pope Gregory VII, Yūsuf Balasaguni, and Sweyn II of Denmark. After him are Guo Xi, Su Song, William I, Count of Burgundy, Constantine the African, Zhang Zai, Vladimir of Novgorod, Adelaide of Susa, and Otto of Nordheim. Among people deceased in 1058, Pope Stephen IX ranks 2. Before him is Solomon ibn Gabirol. After him are Casimir I the Restorer, Al-Mawardi, Ermesinde of Carcassonne, Judith of Schweinfurt, William VII, Duke of Aquitaine, Lulach, and Stephen I of Croatia.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pope Stephen IX ranks 673 out of 6,770. Before him are Édouard Lalo (1823), Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus (-90), Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France (1290), Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (1528), Roger Guillemin (1924), and Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron (1799). After him are Jean Jaurès (1859), Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698), Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608), Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676), Ninon de l'Enclos (1620), and Paul Broca (1824).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Pope Stephen IX ranks 37. Before him are Peter the Hermit (1050), Luigi Lucheni (1873), Antipope Clement VII (1342), Hugues de Payens (1074), Ansgar (801), and Marcel Lefebvre (1905). After him are Jean Meslier (1664), Peter Waldo (1140), Catherine Labouré (1806), Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651), Clotilde (475), and Louis de Montfort (1673).

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