RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Blaise

300 - 316

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Blaise of Sebaste (Armenian: Սուրբ Վլասի, Surb Vlasi; Greek: Ἅγιος Βλάσιος, Hágios Blásios; Latin: Blasius martyred 316 AD) was a physician and bishop of Sebastea in historical Lesser Armenia (modern Sivas, Turkey) who is venerated as a Christian saint and martyr. He is counted as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. Blaise is a saint in the Catholic, Western Rite Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches and is the patron saint of wool combers and of sufferers from ENT illnesses. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint Blaise has received more than 912,769 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia. Saint Blaise is the 177th most popular religious figure (down from 136th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 62nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

Saint Blaise is most famous for being the patron saint of animals, especially those with throat ailments.

Memorability Metrics

  • 910k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Blaise ranks 177 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Adeodatus II, Rita of Cascia, Pope Alexander VII, Pope Linus, Lazarus of Bethany, and Pope Urban V. After him are Pope Adrian VI, Pope Boniface V, Saint Cecilia, Bernadette Soubirous, Pope Clement IX, and Pope Celestine I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 300, Saint Blaise ranks 5. Before him are Saint Barbara, Pope Sylvester I, Saint Sebastian, and Pope Felix I. After him are Pope Julius I, Valerius Severus, Vincent of Saragossa, Pope Eutychian, Theodore of Amasea, Macarius of Egypt, and Asanga. Among people deceased in 316, Saint Blaise ranks 1. 

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Saint Blaise ranks 65 out of 1,347. Before him are Hatice Sultan (1496), Abdul Hamid I (1725), Selim III (1761), Ibn Taymiyyah (1263), Mahmud I (1696), and Leucippus (-500). After him are Osman III (1699), Anaximenes of Miletus (-585), Şehzade Mehmed (1522), Mustafa III (1717), Lucian (120), and Hipparchus (-190).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Saint Blaise ranks 9. Before him are Saint George (280), Saint Barbara (300), Luke the Evangelist (31), John Chrysostom (349), Rachel (-3500), and Margaret the Virgin (292). After him are Saint Pantaleon (275), Ephrem the Syrian (306), Ignatius of Antioch (35), Irenaeus (130), Bartholomew I of Constantinople (1940), and Gregory of Nyssa (335).

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