RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Barbara

300 - 306

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Saint Barbara (Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Βαρβάρα; Coptic: Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲃⲁⲣⲃⲁⲣⲁ; Russian: Варва́ра Илиопольская; Arabic: القديسة الشهيدة بربارة,Amharic/Ge'ez: ቅድስት በርባራ), known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara, was an early Christian Greek saint and martyr.Saint Barbara is often portrayed with miniature chains and a tower. As one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, Barbara is a popular saint, perhaps best known as the patron of armourers, artillerymen, military engineers, miners and others who work with explosives because of her legend's association with lightning, and also of mathematicians. A 15th-century French version of her story credits her with thirteen miracles, many of which reflect the security she offered that her devotees would not die before getting to make confession and receiving extreme unction.Despite the legends detailing her story, the earliest references to her supposed 3rd-century life do not appear until the 7th century, and veneration of her was common, especially in the East, from the 9th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint Barbara has received more than 1,694,878 page views. Her biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia. Saint Barbara is the 31st most popular religious figure (down from 28th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 1st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Religious Figure.

Saint Barbara is most famous for being the patron saint of artillerymen, mathematicians, and miners.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 80.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Saint Barbaras by language

Over the past year Saint Barbara has had the most page views in the with 260,576 views, followed by English (248,603), and Italian (129,341). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (225.22%), Finnish (202.77%), and Catalan (66.59%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Barbara ranks 31 out of 3,187. Before her are Samson, Mary Magdalene, Matthew the Apostle, Abu Bakr, Zoroaster, and Saint Stephen. After her are Sarah, Husayn ibn Ali, Abu Hanifa, Martin of Tours, Jonah, and Ruhollah Khomeini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 300, Saint Barbara ranks 1. After her are Pope Sylvester I, Saint Sebastian, Pope Felix I, Saint Blaise, Pope Julius I, Valerius Severus, Vincent of Saragossa, Pope Eutychian, Theodore of Amasea, Macarius of Egypt, and Asanga. Among people deceased in 306, Saint Barbara ranks 1. After her are Constantius Chlorus, Demetrius of Thessaloniki, and Theodore of Amasea.

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Others Deceased in 306

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Saint Barbara ranks 17 out of 1,347. Before her are Ahmed I (1590), Galen (129), Selim I (1470), Diogenes (-404), Murad III (1546), and Anaximander (-610). After her are Strabo (-64), Murad IV (1612), Mehmed III (1566), Murad I (1326), Murad II (1404), and Basil of Caesarea (329).

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  • Photo of Ahmed I

    Ahmed I

    POLITICIAN

    1590 - 1617

    HPI: 82.31

    Rank: 11

  • Photo of Galen

    Galen

    PHYSICIAN

    129 - 215

    HPI: 82.12

    Rank: 12

  • Photo of Selim I

    Selim I

    POLITICIAN

    1470 - 1520

    HPI: 82.12

    Rank: 13

  • Photo of Diogenes

    Diogenes

    PHILOSOPHER

    404 BC - 322 BC

    HPI: 81.50

    Rank: 14

  • Photo of Murad III

    Murad III

    POLITICIAN

    1546 - 1595

    HPI: 81.46

    Rank: 15

  • Photo of Anaximander

    Anaximander

    PHILOSOPHER

    610 BC - 546 BC

    HPI: 81.17

    Rank: 16

  • Photo of Saint Barbara

    Saint Barbara

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    300 - 306

    HPI: 80.75

    Rank: 17

  • Photo of Strabo

    Strabo

    GEOGRAPHER

    64 BC - 23

    HPI: 80.58

    Rank: 18

  • Photo of Murad IV

    Murad IV

    POLITICIAN

    1612 - 1640

    HPI: 80.51

    Rank: 19

  • Photo of Mehmed III

    Mehmed III

    POLITICIAN

    1566 - 1603

    HPI: 80.14

    Rank: 20

  • Photo of Murad I

    Murad I

    POLITICIAN

    1326 - 1389

    HPI: 79.87

    Rank: 21

  • Photo of Murad II

    Murad II

    POLITICIAN

    1404 - 1451

    HPI: 79.68

    Rank: 22

  • Photo of Basil of Caesarea

    Basil of Caesarea

    PHYSICIAN

    329 - 379

    HPI: 79.42

    Rank: 23

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Saint Barbara ranks 4. Before her are Paul the Apostle (5), Saint Nicholas (270), and Saint George (280). After her are Luke the Evangelist (31), John Chrysostom (349), Rachel (-3500), Margaret the Virgin (292), Saint Blaise (300), Saint Pantaleon (275), Ephrem the Syrian (306), and Ignatius of Antioch (35).

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