RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Stephen VI

850 - 897

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Pope Stephen VI (Latin: Stephanus VI; died August 897) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 22 May 896 to his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Stephen VI has received more than 544,688 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Pope Stephen VI is the 535th most popular religious figure (up from 612th in 2019), the 608th most popular biography from Italy (up from 741st in 2019) and the 226th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Stephen VI is most famous for his involvement in the death of Pope Formosus. Stephen VI had Formosus exhumed and put on trial for perjury and other crimes. Formosus was found guilty and his body was mutilated and thrown into the Tiber River.

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  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Stephen VI ranks 535 out of 3,187Before him are James, brother of Jesus, Vincent Ferrer, Kane Tanaka, Gregory Palamas, Mary of Egypt, and Pope Agapetus I. After him are Peter the Hermit, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Luigi Lucheni, Djet, Saint Marinus, and Radha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 850, Pope Stephen VI ranks 8Before him are Harald Fairhair, Arnulf of Carinthia, Pope John IX, Pope Stephen VII, Berengar I of Italy, and Ingólfr Arnarson. After him are Pope Romanus, Pope Stephen V, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, Istakhri, Abu Zayd al-Balkhi, and Emperor Seiwa. Among people deceased in 897, Pope Stephen VI ranks 1After him are Pope Romanus, Pope Theodore II, Wilfred the Hairy, Jinseong of Silla, Buhturi, and Braslav, Duke of Lower Pannonia.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Stephen VI ranks 608 out of 5,161Before him are Alexander of Battenberg (1857), Raffaella Carrà (1943), Pope Miltiades (250), Maurizio Gucci (1948), Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583), and Pope Agapetus I (490). After him are Marsilius of Padua (1275), Cosima Wagner (1837), Constans (320), Pinturicchio (1454), Alessandro Manzoni (1785), and Charles II of Naples (1254).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Stephen VI ranks 226Before him are Denis (210), Saint Eustace (10), Saint Rosalia (1130), Pope Zephyrinus (150), Pope Miltiades (250), and Pope Agapetus I (490). After him are Pope Stephen II (715), Pope Boniface II (470), Pope Telesphorus (100), Pope John XIII (930), Paul the Deacon (720), and Pope Donus (610).