RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Pantaleon

275 - 303

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Saint Pantaleon (Greek: Παντελεήμων, romanized: Panteleḗmōn, lit. 'All-compassionate'), counted in Western Christianity as among the Fourteen Holy Helpers of the Late Middle Ages, and in Eastern Christianity as one of the Holy Unmercenary Healers, was a martyr of Nicomedia in Bithynia during the Diocletianic Persecution of 305 AD. Though there is evidence to suggest that a martyr named Pantaleon existed, some consider the stories of his life and death to be purely legendary. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint Pantaleon has received more than 417,568 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Saint Pantaleon is the 264th most popular religious figure (up from 271st in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 106th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

Saint Pantaleon is most famous for being the patron saint of physicians and surgeons. Saint Pantaleon was a doctor who was martyred in the third century for refusing to renounce his faith.

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  • 72.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Pantaleon ranks 264 out of 3,187Before him are Pope Honorius IV, Pope Gelasius II, Pope Felix III, Pope John VIII, Rebecca, and Pope Urban I. After him are Demetrius of Thessaloniki, Pope Sergius IV, Zechariah, Pope Innocent V, Pope Damasus I, and Pope John X.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 275, Saint Pantaleon ranks 1After him is Saint Marinus. Among people deceased in 303, Saint Pantaleon ranks 2Before him is Saint George. After him are Vitus, Cao Huan, Erasmus of Formia, Expeditus, Eulalia of Barcelona, Cyriacus, Saint Chrysogonus, Fermin, Procopius of Scythopolis, and Cassian of Imola.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Saint Pantaleon ranks 86 out of 1,347Before him are Theodosius II (401), Abdulmejid II (1868), Piri Reis (1470), Abdülaziz (1830), Hecataeus of Miletus (-550), and Mithridates VI of Pontus (-132). After him are Anacreon (-570), Pausanias (110), Manuel I Komnenos (1118), Şehzade Cihangir (1531), Romanos IV Diogenes (1030), and Leo III the Isaurian (675).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Saint Pantaleon ranks 10Before him are Saint Barbara (300), Luke the Evangelist (31), John Chrysostom (349), Rachel (-3500), Margaret the Virgin (292), and Saint Blaise (300). After him are Ephrem the Syrian (306), Ignatius of Antioch (35), Irenaeus (130), Bartholomew I of Constantinople (1940), Gregory of Nyssa (335), and Photios I of Constantinople (900).