RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Valentine

780 - 827

Pope Valentine

Pope Valentine (Latin: Valentinus; died 10 October 827) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States for two months in 827. He was unusually close to his predecessor, Eugene II, rumoured to be his son or his lover, and became pope before being ordained as a priest. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Valentine has received more than 183,687 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Pope Valentine is the 436th most popular religious figure (down from 415th in 2019), the 505th most popular biography from Italy (down from 480th in 2019) and the 200th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Valentine was an early Christian martyr who was killed in the year 270. He is most famous for being the namesake of Valentine's Day.

Memorability Metrics

180k
Page Views (PV)
68.64
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
70
Languages Editions (L)
12.84
Effective Languages (L*)
3.64
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Pope Valentines by language

Over the past year Pope Valentine has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 22,150 views, followed by Italian (4,772), and Russian (2,633). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ilocano (78.98%), Breton (77.52%), and Georgian (72.69%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Valentine ranks 436 out of 3,187. Before him are Clement of Ohrid, Dionysius Exiguus, Eber, Pope John V, Pope Leo II, and Abdullah ibn Masud. After him are Sumayyah bint Khabbat, Pachomius the Great, Charbel Makhlouf, Nehemiah, Saint Apollonia, and Pope Boniface III.

Most Popular Religious Figures in Wikipedia

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Clement of Ohrid
840 - 916
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 430
Dionysius Exiguus
475 - 544
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 431
Eber
2038 BC - 1574 BC
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 432
Pope John V
635 - 686
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 433
Pope Leo II
611 - 683
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 434
Abdullah ibn Masud
600 - 650
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 435
Pope Valentine
780 - 827
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 436
Sumayyah bint Khabbat
550 - 615
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 437
Pachomius the Great
292 - 348
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 438
Charbel Makhlouf
1828 - 1898
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 439
Nehemiah
490 BC - 403 BC
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 440
Saint Apollonia
110 - 249
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 441
Pope Boniface III
540 - 607
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 442

Contemporaries

Among people born in 780, Pope Valentine ranks 4. Before him are Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and Pope Eugene II. After him are Rabanus Maurus, Frederick of Utrecht, Odo I, Count of Orléans, and Theodote. Among people deceased in 827, Pope Valentine ranks 2. Before him is Pope Eugene II. After him are Emperor Jingzong of Tang, Adalard of Corbie, and Ludeca of Mercia.

Others Born in 780

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Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
MATHEMATICIAN
780 - 850
HPI: 86.03
Rank: 1
Ahmad ibn Hanbal
WRITER
780 - 855
HPI: 75.93
Rank: 2
Pope Eugene II
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
780 - 827
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 3
Pope Valentine
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
780 - 827
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 4
Rabanus Maurus
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
780 - 856
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 5
Frederick of Utrecht
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
780 - 838
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 6
Odo I, Count of Orléans
POLITICIAN
780 - 834
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 7
Theodote
POLITICIAN
780 - 801
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 8