RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Maurus

512 - 587

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Maurus, OSB (French: Maur; Italian: Mauro) (512–584) was an Italian Catholic monk best known as the first disciple of Benedict of Nursia. He is mentioned in Gregory the Great's biography of the latter as the first oblate, offered to the monastery by his noble Roman parents as a young boy to be brought up in the monastic life. Four stories involving Maurus recounted by Gregory formed a pattern for the ideal formation of a Benedictine monk. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint Maurus has received more than 104,808 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Saint Maurus is the 824th most popular religious figure (down from 814th in 2019), the 1,151st most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,130th in 2019) and the 279th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Saint Maurus is most famous for being the patron saint of blacksmiths.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Maurus ranks 824 out of 3,187. Before him are Safi-ad-din Ardabili, John of Ávila, `Abdu'l-Bahá, Nicolaus Zinzendorf, Sergius of Radonezh, and Athanasius the Athonite. After him are 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As, Saint Margaret of Scotland, Antipope Ursicinus, Waraqah ibn Nawfal, Andrea Amati, and Antipope Boniface VII.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 512, Saint Maurus ranks 1. After him are Saint David, and Eutychius of Constantinople. Among people deceased in 587, Saint Maurus ranks 2. Before him is Varāhamihira. After him are Emperor Yōmei, Radegund, and Æscwine of Essex.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Saint Maurus ranks 1,151 out of 5,161. Before him are Carlo Rubbia (1934), Constantina (325), Francesco Geminiani (1687), Constantius Gallus (325), Erasmo of Narni (1370), and Bianca Cappello (1548). After him are Gaius Claudius Glaber (-200), Giampiero Boniperti (1928), Antipope Ursicinus (400), Giuseppe Di Stefano (1921), Maria Theresa of Austria (1767), and Giovanni Leone (1908).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Saint Maurus ranks 279. Before him are Pietro Parolin (1955), Gemma Galgani (1878), Peter Chrysologus (380), Giuseppe Moscati (1880), Tatiana of Rome (200), and Romano Guardini (1885). After him are Antipope Ursicinus (400), Andrea Amati (1505), Antipope Boniface VII (1000), Saint Susanna (280), Blessed Gerard (1047), and Methodios I of Constantinople (788).

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