RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Rafael Merry del Val

1865 - 1930

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Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta, (10 October 1865 – 26 February 1930) was a Spanish Catholic bishop, Vatican official, and cardinal. Before becoming a cardinal, he served as the secretary of the papal conclave of 1903 that elected Pope Pius X, who is said to have accepted his election through Merry del Val's encouragement. Pius X later appointed him as the Cardinal Secretary of State. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafael Merry del Val has received more than 153,276 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Rafael Merry del Val is the 1,418th most popular religious figure (down from 1,362nd in 2019), the 1,577th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,572nd in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Religious Figure.

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  • 150k

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  • 55.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Rafael Merry del Val ranks 1,418 out of 3,187. Before him are Amfilohije Radović, Ilon Wikland, John Gualbert, Désiré-Joseph Mercier, Dunstan, and Pelagius of Córdoba. After him are Maximianus of Ravenna, Theophilus Presbyter, Lipit-Ishtar, Elizabeth Blount, Theophylact of Constantinople, and Yahya ibn Ma'in.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Rafael Merry del Val ranks 65. Before him are Bronisława Dłuska, Anandi Gopal Joshi, Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, Friedrich Paschen, Hantaro Nagaoka, and Said Halim Pasha. After him are Aspazija, Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Prince Kan'in Kotohito, John Stanley Plaskett, Isaac Israëls, and Henri Desgrange. Among people deceased in 1930, Rafael Merry del Val ranks 42. Before him are Waldemar Haffkine, Otto Sverdrup, Simko Shikak, Theodor Nöldeke, José Carlos Mariátegui, and Riccardo Drigo. After him are Eduard Meyer, Eric Lemming, Frank P. Ramsey, Alois Jirásek, Jeppe Aakjær, and Mabel Normand.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rafael Merry del Val ranks 1,577 out of 8,785. Before him are George MacDonald (1824), Gilbert Ryle (1900), Jim Carter (1948), Alan Wilder (1959), Dunstan (909), and Stephen Rea (1946). After him are Richard of Saint Victor (1110), Ben Cross (1947), Phil Lynott (1949), William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146), Steve Hackett (1950), and Thomas Hill Green (1836).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Rafael Merry del Val ranks 39. Before him are Simon Stock (1164), Catherine Eddowes (1842), Oswald of Northumbria (604), Willehad (735), Thomas Byles (1870), and Dunstan (909). After him are Elizabeth Blount (1500), John Nelson Darby (1800), Matthew Festing (1949), Malo (487), Stephen Langton (1150), and Richard Williamson (1940).

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