RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Victor III

1027 - 1087

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Pope Victor III (c. 1026 – 16 September 1087), was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 May 1086 to his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Victor III has received more than 265,152 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Pope Victor III is the 326th most popular religious figure (up from 370th in 2019), the 366th most popular biography from Italy (up from 442nd in 2019) and the 146th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Victor III was most famous for being the pope who excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV in 1076.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Pope Victor IIIS by language

Over the past year Pope Victor III has had the most page views in the with 28,320 views, followed by Italian (11,051), and Spanish (7,777). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Belarusian (438.71%), Ido (90.68%), and Basque (78.81%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Victor III ranks 326 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Alexander IV, Saint Monica, Saint Ursula, Pope Sixtus I, Muhammad al-Mahdi, and Pope Gregory IV. After him are Abd Allah ibn Abbas, Bartholomew I of Constantinople, Pope Sergius II, Pope Anastasius III, Pope Julius I, and Pope Celestine IV.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1027, Pope Victor III ranks 1. After him are Sviatoslav II of Kiev, Ernest, Margrave of Austria, and Albert III, Count of Namur. Among people deceased in 1087, Pope Victor III ranks 2. Before him is William the Conqueror. After him are Solomon, King of Hungary, Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī, William I, Count of Burgundy, Bertha of Savoy, Blot-Sweyn, Constantine the African, Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, and Maria Dobroniega of Kiev.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Victor III ranks 366 out of 5,161. Before him are Primo Levi (1919), Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (1751), Claudio Abbado (1933), Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499), Antonio Canova (1757), and Pope Gregory IV (790). After him are Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718), Pope Sergius II (800), Amadeo I of Spain (1845), Pope Anastasius III (890), Pope Julius I (300), and Gordian III (225).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Victor III ranks 146. Before him are Pope Gregory VI (1000), Pope Nicholas I (800), Pope Innocent I (378), Pope Alexander IV (1200), Pope Sixtus I (42), and Pope Gregory IV (790). After him are Pope Sergius II (800), Pope Anastasius III (890), Pope Julius I (300), Pope Celestine IV (1200), Antipope John XXIII (1370), and Vitus (290).

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