RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Victor II

1018 - 1057

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Pope Victor II (c. 1018 – 28 July 1057), born Gebhard of Dollnstein-Hirschberg, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 April 1055 until his death in 1057. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Victor II has received more than 252,158 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Pope Victor II is the 559th most popular religious figure (up from 577th in 2019), the 495th most popular biography from Germany (up from 525th in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Religious Figure.

Pope Victor II is most famous for convoking the Council of Reims in 1049. The council condemned the teachings of Berengar of Tours, who had argued that the Eucharist was not a real presence of Christ.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 67

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Victor II ranks 559 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Telesphorus, Josemaría Escrivá, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Pope John XIII, Ludmila of Bohemia, and Paul the Deacon. After him are Eric IX of Sweden, Ali al-Hadi, Antipope Alexander V, Al-Suyuti, Abdullah ibn Muhammad, and Al-Nasa'i.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1018, Pope Victor II ranks 3. Before him are Nizam al-Mulk, and Harthacnut. After him are Michael Psellos, Bagrat IV of Georgia, Jeongjong, 10th monarch of Goryeo, Sophie, Countess of Bar, and Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy. Among people deceased in 1057, Pope Victor II ranks 2. Before him is Al-Maʿarri. After him are Macbeth, King of Scotland, Reginald I, Count of Burgundy, Edward the Exile, Otto III, Duke of Swabia, and Leofric, Earl of Mercia.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Pope Victor II ranks 495 out of 7,253. Before him are Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France (1731), Otto Loewi (1873), Sophia of Nassau (1836), Jean Paul (1763), Hans Eysenck (1916), and Samuel von Pufendorf (1632). After him are Fritz Todt (1891), Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1879), Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor (1075), Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515), Maximilian von Weichs (1881), and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Pope Victor II ranks 12. Before him are Pope Joan (null), Pope Damasus II (1000), Philip Melanchthon (1497), Pope Clement II (1005), Thomas à Kempis (1380), and Bruno of Cologne (1030). After him are Rabanus Maurus (780), Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774), Gertrude the Great (1256), Johann Tetzel (1460), Therese Neumann (1898), and Albert of Brandenburg (1490).

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