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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 862,285 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Saint Blaise is the 139th most popular religious figure (up from 164th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Turkey (up from 67th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 860k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 75.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Blaise ranks 139 out of 2,238. Before him are Pope Pius II, Clare of Assisi, Agnes of Rome, Pope Leo XII, John Bosco, and Pope Pius VI. After him are Pope Leo XI, Pope Clement XII, Pope Benedict XIV, Pope Sixtus V, Pope Martin V, and Barnabas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 300, Saint Blaise ranks 4. Before him are Saint Barbara, Pope Sylvester I, and Saint Sebastian. After him are Pope Felix I, Pope Julius I, Pope Eutychian, Theodore of Amasea, Valerius Severus, Vincent of Saragossa, Macarius of Egypt, and Vātsyāyana. Among people deceased in 316, Saint Blaise ranks 1. 

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Saint Blaise ranks 62 out of 1,301. Before him are Abdul Hamid I (1725), Şehzade Mehmed (1522), Constantine XI Palaiologos (1404), Mustafa II (1664), Gregory of Nazianzus (329), and Priam (null). After him are Abdulmejid I (1823), Selim III (1761), Mahmud I (1696), Mithridates VI of Pontus (-132), Aspasia (-470), and Anaximenes of Miletus (-585).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Turkey

Among religious figures born in Turkey, Saint Blaise ranks 7. Before him are Paul the Apostle (5), Saint Nicholas (270), Saint George (280), Luke the Evangelist (31), John Chrysostom (349), and Margaret the Virgin (292). After him are Rachel (-3500), Ignatius of Antioch (35), Irenaeus (130), Bartholomew I of Constantinople (1940), Saint Pantaleon (275), and Gregory of Nyssa (335).

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