512 - 587
Saint Maurus, O.S.B. (or Maur), was the first disciple of Saint Benedict of Nursia (512–584). He is mentioned in Saint 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 54,187 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Saint Maurus is the 767th most popular religious figure (down from 751st in 2019), the 1,117th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3rd in 2019) and the 275th most popular Italian Religious Figure.
Saint Maurus is most famous for being the patron saint of blacksmiths.
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Among religious figures, Saint Maurus ranks 767 out of 2,272. Before him are Eusebius of Nicomedia, Isidore the Laborer, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, Antipope Philip, Cyriacus, and Apollinaris of Laodicea. After him are Antipope John XVI, Agabus, Basilides, Andrea Amati, Nicholas of Flüe, and Antipope Dioscorus.
280 - 341
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 761
1080 - 1130
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 762
1929 - 2008
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 763
800 - 769
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 764
300 - 303
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 765
310 - 390
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 766
512 - 587
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 767
1000 - 1001
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 768
100 - 100
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 769
117 - 140
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 770
1505 - 1577
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 771
1417 - 1487
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 772
500 - 530
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 773
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 1. After him are Varāhamihira, Radegund, Emperor Yōmei, and Æscwine of Essex.
512 - 587
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 1
512 - 589
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 2
512 - 582
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 3
512 - 587
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 1
505 - 587
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 2
518 - 587
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 3
540 - 587
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 4
501 - 587
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 5
Among people born in Italy, Saint Maurus ranks 1,117 out of 4,088. Before him are Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (-2), Andrea Gritti (1455), Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45), Lorenzo Monaco (1370), Carlo Ginzburg (1939), and Milonia Caesonia (7). After him are Antipope John XVI (1000), Coluccio Salutati (1331), Filippo Maria Visconti (1392), Thomas Cajetan (1469), Bernabò Visconti (1323), and Dion of Syracuse (-409).
2 BC - 40
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 1,111
1455 - 1538
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 1,112
45 - 95
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 1,113
1370 - 1425
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 1,114
1939 - Present
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 1,115
7 - 41
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 1,116
512 - 587
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 1,117
1000 - 1001
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 1,118
1331 - 1406
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 1,119
1392 - 1447
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 1,120
1469 - 1534
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 1,121
1323 - 1385
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 1,122
409 BC - 354 BC
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 1,123
Among religious figures born in Italy, Saint Maurus ranks 275. Before him are Antipope Nicholas V (1260), Saint Susanna (280), Peter Chrysologus (380), Giovanni Battista Re (1934), Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti (1774), and Romano Guardini (1885). After him are Antipope John XVI (1000), Andrea Amati (1505), Arnold of Brescia (1100), Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1788), Augustine of Canterbury (510), and Veronica Giuliani (1660).
1260 - 1333
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 269
280 - 295
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 270
380 - 450
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 271
1934 - Present
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 272
1774 - 1849
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 273
1885 - 1968
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 274
512 - 587
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 275
1000 - 1001
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 276
1505 - 1577
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 277
1100 - 1155
HPI: 69.67
Rank: 278
1788 - 1831
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 279
510 - 604
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 280
1660 - 1727
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 281