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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Eligius

588 - 660

Saint Eligius

Eligius (French: Éloi; 11 June 588 – 1 December 660) was a Frankish goldsmith and bishop. He was chief counsellor to Dagobert I, the Merovingian king of France, and was appointed Bishop of Noyon–Tournai three years after the king's death in 642. Despite being from a wealthy Gallo-Roman family, Eligius became increasingly ascetic and known for caring for slaves and the poor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint Eligius has received more than 357,257 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Saint Eligius is the 698th most popular religious figure (up from 789th in 2019), the 922nd most popular biography from France (up from 1,203rd in 2019) and the 47th most popular French Religious Figure.

Saint Eligius is most famous for his role in the conversion of King Clovis I of the Franks to Christianity.

Memorability Metrics

360k
Page Views (PV)
62.75
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
25
Languages Editions (L)
5.84
Effective Languages (L*)
2.29
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Eligius ranks 698 out of 2,238. Before him are Maudgalyayana, Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, Canaan, John Henry Newman, Margaret of Hungary, and Antipope Anacletus II. After him are Obadiah, Frances of Rome, Radha, Leopold III, Margrave of Austria, Mattathias, and Al-Nasa'i.

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Maudgalyayana
568 BC - 484 BC
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 692
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria
1923 - 2012
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 693
Canaan
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 694
John Henry Newman
1801 - 1890
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 695
Margaret of Hungary
1242 - 1270
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 696
Antipope Anacletus II
1090 - 1138
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 697
Saint Eligius
588 - 660
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 698
Obadiah
587 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 699
Frances of Rome
1384 - 1440
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 700
Radha
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 701
Leopold III, Margrave of Austria
1073 - 1136
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 702
Mattathias
200 BC - 166 BC
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 703
Al-Nasa'i
829 - 915
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 704

Contemporaries

Among people born in 588, Saint Eligius ranks 1. Among people deceased in 660, Saint Eligius ranks 1. After him are Wahshi ibn Harb, Dharmakirti, Uija of Baekje, Gyebaek, Asma bint Umais, and Sigeberht the Good.