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Saint Gall

550 - 645

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Gall (Latin: Gallus; c. 550 – c. 645) according to hagiographic tradition was a disciple and one of the traditional twelve companions of Columbanus on his mission from Ireland to the continent. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint Gall has received more than 206,403 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Saint Gall is the 1,136th most popular writer (down from 986th in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 37th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Irish Writer.

Saint Gall is most famous for being the founder of a monastery in Switzerland.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Saint Gall ranks 1,136 out of 7,302. Before him are Clément Marot, Sami Frashëri, John Updike, Fredric Brown, Rigas Feraios, and Bharata Muni. After him are Michel Butor, Arnold Zweig, Bulat Okudzhava, Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Monique Wittig, and Léon Bloy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 550, Saint Gall ranks 9. Before him are Sumayyah bint Khabbat, Teia, Armah, Abdullah ibn Salam, John the Merciful, and Anastasius of Persia. After him are Liuva I, Garibald I of Bavaria, Tardu, Cleph, Arioald, and Menander Protector. Among people deceased in 645, Saint Gall ranks 1. After him are Al-Khansa, and Soga no Iruka.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Saint Gall ranks 46 out of 549. Before him are Maureen O'Hara (1920), Bob Geldof (1951), Columba (521), Harald Gille (1103), Ethel Voynich (1864), and Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850). After him are Eileen Gray (1878), John Toland (1670), John Tyndall (1820), Edward England (1685), Dolores O'Riordan (1971), and David Kelly (1929).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Saint Gall ranks 12. Before him are Bram Stoker (1847), W. B. Yeats (1865), Laurence Sterne (1713), Iris Murdoch (1919), Joseph Murphy (1898), and Ethel Voynich (1864). After him are Thomas Moore (1779), Christy Brown (1932), Sheridan Le Fanu (1814), John Banville (1945), Oliver Goldsmith (1728), and Patrick Pearse (1879).

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