RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Kilian

640 - 689

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Kilian, also spelled Cillian or Killian (or alternatively Irish: Cillín; Latin: Kilianus), was an Irish missionary bishop and the Apostle of Franconia (now the northern part of Bavaria), where he began his labours in the latter half of the 7th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint Kilian has received more than 236,333 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Saint Kilian is the 1,451st most popular religious figure (down from 1,376th in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 85th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Irish Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Kilian ranks 1,451 out of 3,187. Before her are Senebkay, Antipope Theodore, Plutarch of Byzantium, John Nelson Darby, Balthasar Hubmaier, and Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria. After her are Junia, Alphonsus Rodriguez, Hōnen, Modestus of Jerusalem, Beniamino Stella, and Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 640, Saint Kilian ranks 7. Before her are Asparuh of Bulgaria, Saint Giles, Isaac of Nineveh, Musa ibn Nusayr, Kusaila, and Al-Akhtal al-Taghlibi. After her are Callinicus I of Constantinople, and Seaxburh of Ely. Among people deceased in 689, Saint Kilian ranks 2. Before her is Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali. After her are Cædwalla of Wessex, Alahis, and Sighere of Essex.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Saint Kilian ranks 88 out of 549. Before her are George Johnstone Stoney (1826), Maureen O'Sullivan (1911), Eliza Lynch (1833), Andrew Graham (1815), Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (1769), and Oliver Goldsmith (1728). After her are Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1845), Kevin Roche (1922), Liam Cunningham (1961), Patrick Pearse (1879), Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785), and Dymphna (700).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ireland

Among religious figures born in Ireland, Saint Kilian ranks 7. Before her are Columbanus (540), Columba (521), Mary Jane Kelly (1863), Kevin Farrell (1947), Saint Fiacre (607), and Brigid of Kildare (451). After her are Dymphna (700), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), Kevin of Glendalough (498), Adomnán (624), Violet Gibson (1876), and Catald (700).

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