RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Zachary

679 - 752

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Pope Zachary (Latin: Zacharias; 679 – March 752) was the bishop of Rome from 28 November 741 to his death. He was the last pope of the Byzantine Papacy. Zachary built the original church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, forbade the traffic of slaves in Rome, negotiated peace with the Lombards, and sanctioned Pepin the Short's usurpation of the Frankish throne from Childeric III. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Zachary has received more than 417,994 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Pope Zachary is the 381st most popular religious figure (down from 327th in 2019), the 436th most popular biography from Italy (down from 387th in 2019) and the 174th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Zachary was most famous for being the pope who consecrated the Pantheon in Rome as a Christian church.

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  • 420k

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  • 69.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 69

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Zachary ranks 381 out of 3,187. Before him are Alcuin, Muhammad al-Baqir, Pope Martin I, Pope Fabian, Abu Mansur al-Maturidi, and Matteo Ricci. After him are Ruqayyah bint Muhammad, Simeon Stylites, Pope Hormisdas, Pope Boniface VI, Pope Benedict II, and John Vianney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 679, Pope Zachary ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 752, Pope Zachary ranks 1. After him is Pope-elect Stephen.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Zachary ranks 436 out of 5,161. Before him are Pietro Badoglio (1871), Pope Fabian (200), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (-89), Cesare Beccaria (1738), Matteo Ricci (1552), and Gaius Cassius Longinus (-87). After him are Pope Hormisdas (450), Pope Boniface VI (800), Renzo Piano (1937), Pope Benedict II (635), Lucky Luciano (1897), and Pope Nicholas III (1215).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Zachary ranks 174. Before him are Pope Soter (120), Pope Clement III (1130), Pope Sergius I (650), Pope Martin I (590), Pope Fabian (200), and Matteo Ricci (1552). After him are Pope Hormisdas (450), Pope Boniface VI (800), Pope Benedict II (635), Pope Nicholas III (1215), Pope Benedict VI (900), and Pope Lando (900).

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