1094 - 1148
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.
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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.
1030 - 1079
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 811
1866 - 1931
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 812
980 - 1045
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 813
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 814
1700 - 1760
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 815
1720 - 1797
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 816
1094 - 1148
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 817
259 - 275
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 818
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 819
1865 - 1935
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 820
1927 - 2021
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 821
512 - 587
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 822
500 - 530
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 823
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.
1094 - 1148
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 1
1125 - 1148
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 2
1103 - 1148
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 3
1095 - 1148
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 4
1076 - 1148
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 5
1090 - 1148
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 6
1067 - 1148
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 7
1085 - 1148
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 8
1098 - 1148
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 9
1095 - 1148
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 10
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).
1502 - 1585
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 780
1828 - 1896
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 781
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 782
1904 - 2000
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 783
1968 - Present
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 784
1795 - 1821
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 785
1094 - 1148
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 786
1902 - 1942
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 787
1914 - 1998
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 788
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 789
1850 - 1922
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 790
1909 - 1994
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 791
1627 - 1705
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 792
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).
1607 - 1638
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 13
1100 - 1159
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 14
1801 - 1890
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 15
658 - 739
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 16
1834 - 1892
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 17
1887 - 1965
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 18
1094 - 1148
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 19
1500 - 1558
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 20
1865 - 1915
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 21
1845 - 1888
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 22
512 - 589
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 23
1059 - 1134
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 24
1100 - 1156
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 25