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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint George

280 - 303

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Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος, translit. Geṓrgios; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition, he was a soldier in the Roman army. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint George has received more than 6,804,854 page views. His biography is available in 87 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 85 in 2019). Saint George is the 19th most popular religious figure (up from 20th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Türkiye and the 3rd most popular Religious Figure.

Saint George is most famously immortalized in the legend of Saint George and the Dragon.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 83.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 87

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Saint Georges by language

Over the past year Saint George has had the most page views in the with 1,097,525 views, followed by Russian (345,501), and Spanish (278,848). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Breton (2,925.00%), Indonesian (214.43%), and Lombard (113.01%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint George ranks 19 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Nicholas, Tutankhamun, Jacob, Aaron, Pope John Paul II, and Francis of Assisi. After him are Andrew the Apostle, Isaac, Elijah, John Calvin, Ali, and Samson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 280, Saint George ranks 1. After him are Eusebius of Nicomedia, Saint Susanna, Aphrahat, Valeria Maximilla, and Ghatotkacha. Among people deceased in 303, Saint George ranks 1. After him are Saint Pantaleon, Vitus, Cao Huan, Erasmus of Formia, Expeditus, Eulalia of Barcelona, Cyriacus, Saint Chrysogonus, Fermin, Procopius of Scythopolis, and Cassian of Imola.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Saint George ranks 8 out of 1,347. Before him are Paul the Apostle (5), Herodotus (-484), Heraclitus (-535), Thales of Miletus (-623), Saint Nicholas (270), and Osman I (1254). After him are Selim II (1524), Mehmed the Conqueror (1432), Ahmed I (1590), Galen (129), Selim I (1470), and Diogenes (-404).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Saint George ranks 3. Before him are Paul the Apostle (5), and Saint Nicholas (270). After him are Saint Barbara (300), 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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