RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Urban IV

1185 - 1264

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Pope Urban IV (Latin: Urbanus IV; c. 1195 – 2 October 1264), born Jacques Pantaléon, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 August 1261 to his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Urban IV has received more than 287,924 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Pope Urban IV is the 222nd most popular religious figure (up from 268th in 2019), the 214th most popular biography from France (up from 280th in 2019) and the 16th most popular French Religious Figure.

Pope Urban IV is most famous for initiating the first crusade, which was a military expedition to recapture Jerusalem and other places in the Holy Land.

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  • 290k

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  • 73.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 69

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 15.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Urban IV ranks 222 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Christopher, Pope Pelagius II, Pope Alexander VIII, Pope Leo I, Pope Clement IV, and Pope John XV. After him are Pope John XIX, Padre Pio, Pope Adrian I, Pope Clement XI, Pope Gregory X, and Pope Innocent VI.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1185, Pope Urban IV ranks 2. Before him is Ögedei Khan. After him are Shams Tabrizi, Töregene Khatun, Afonso II of Portugal, William III of Sicily, Hyacinth of Poland, Thomas of Celano, Gertrude of Merania, Michael of Chernigov, Angelus of Jerusalem, and Raymond Roger Trencavel. Among people deceased in 1264, Pope Urban IV ranks 1. After him are Daniel of Galicia, Emperor Lizong, Treniota, Vincent of Beauvais, Rostislav Mikhailovich, Andrey II of Vladimir, Athir al-Din al-Abhari, and Gonzalo de Berceo.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pope Urban IV ranks 214 out of 6,770. Before him are Roland Barthes (1915), Margaret of Valois (1553), Charles IV of France (1294), François-René de Chateaubriand (1768), Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663), and Pope Clement IV (1190). After him are Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789), Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan (1611), André Breton (1896), Gilles Deleuze (1925), Pope Innocent VI (1282), and Gustave Le Bon (1841).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Pope Urban IV ranks 16. Before him are Bernadette Soubirous (1844), Pope Clement VI (1291), Saint Roch (1295), Pope Benedict XII (1280), Pope Gregory XI (1370), and Pope Clement IV (1190). After him are Pope Innocent VI (1282), Pope Urban VI (1318), Pope Callixtus II (1065), Pope Innocent V (1225), Vincent de Paul (1581), and Francis de Sales (1567).

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