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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Malachy

1094 - 1148

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Malachy (; Middle Irish: Máel Máedóc Ua Morgair; Modern Irish: Maelmhaedhoc Ó Morgair; Latin: Malachias) (1094 – 2 November 1148) is an Irish saint who was Archbishop of Armagh, to whom were attributed several miracles and an alleged vision of 112 popes later attributed to the apocryphal (i.e. of doubtful authenticity) Prophecy of the Popes. Malachy was the first native-born Irish saint to be formally canonised. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint Malachy has received more than 418,985 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Saint Malachy is the 817th most popular religious figure (down from 670th in 2019), the 786th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 618th in 2019) and the 19th most popular British Religious Figure.

Saint Malachy is most famous for his prophecies about the popes, which he wrote in the 12th century.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Malachy ranks 817 out of 2,238. Before him are Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Nathan Söderblom, Hemma of Gurk, Giovanni Battista Re, Nicolaus Zinzendorf, and Vilna Gaon. After him are Mammes of Caesarea, Haran, Rashid Rida, Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Saint Maurus, and Antipope Dioscorus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1094, Saint Malachy ranks 2. Before him is Abd al-Mu'min.  Among people deceased in 1148, Saint Malachy ranks 1. After him are Jaufre Rudel, Alfonso Jordan, Amadeus III, Count of Savoy, Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi, Ulvhild Håkansdotter, Ari Thorgilsson, William of St-Thierry, Pietro Polani, and Conan III, Duke of Brittany.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Saint Malachy ranks 786 out of 7,765. Before him are Thomas Tallis (1502), John Langdon Down (1828), Imelda Staunton (1956), John Gielgud (1904), Guy Ritchie (1968), and John William Polidori (1795). After him are Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902), Alan Hodgkin (1914), Danny Boyle (1956), Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (1850), Matt Busby (1909), and John Ray (1627).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Saint Malachy ranks 19. Before him are John Harvard (1607), Pope Adrian IV (1100), John Henry Newman (1801), Willibrord (658), Charles Spurgeon (1834), and Frederick Fleet (1887). After him are Reginald Pole (1500), Edith Cavell (1865), Mary Ann Nichols (1845), Saint David (512), Stephen Harding (1059), and Henry (1100).

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