RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Rabanus Maurus

780 - 856

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Rabanus Maurus Magnentius (c. 780 – 4 February 856), also known as Hrabanus or Rhabanus, was a Frankish Benedictine monk, theologian, poet, encyclopedist and military writer who became archbishop of Mainz in East Francia. He was the author of the encyclopaedia De rerum naturis ("On the Natures of Things"). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rabanus Maurus has received more than 344,210 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Rabanus Maurus is the 577th most popular religious figure (down from 572nd in 2019), the 510th most popular biography from Germany (up from 519th in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Religious Figure.

Rabanus Maurus was a German theologian and scholar who is most famous for his book "De rerum naturis" which translates to "On the Nature of Things."

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  • 66.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Rabanus Maurus ranks 577 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Romanus, Pope Eleutherius, Zayd ibn Ali, Sabbas the Sanctified, Saint Giles, and Pope John VII. After him are Dōgen, Yasuke, Hugues de Payens, Francis of Paola, Muadh ibn Jabal, and Camillus de Lellis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 780, Rabanus Maurus ranks 5. Before him are Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Pope Eugene II, and Pope Valentine. After him are Frederick of Utrecht, Odo I, Count of Orléans, and Theodote. Among people deceased in 856, Rabanus Maurus ranks 1. 

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rabanus Maurus ranks 510 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl Schwarzschild (1873), Hans Adolf Krebs (1900), Erwin Panofsky (1892), Frank Farian (1941), Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856), and Henning von Tresckow (1901). After him are Walter Schellenberg (1910), Helmut Newton (1920), Josef Kramer (1906), Patrick Süskind (1949), Niklas Luhmann (1927), and Hans Geiger (1882).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Rabanus Maurus ranks 13. Before him are Pope Damasus II (1000), Philip Melanchthon (1497), Pope Clement II (1005), Thomas à Kempis (1380), Bruno of Cologne (1030), and Pope Victor II (1018). After him are Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774), Gertrude the Great (1256), Johann Tetzel (1460), Therese Neumann (1898), Albert of Brandenburg (1490), and Bruno of Querfurt (970).

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