RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Stephen

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Stephen (and by extension 'reward, honor, renown, fame', often given as a title rather than as a name; c. AD 5 – c. 34) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint Stephen has received more than 3,322,128 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Saint Stephen is the 30th most popular religious figure (up from 32nd in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Greece (down from 13th in 2019) and the most popular Greek Religious Figure.

Saint Stephen is most famous for being the first Christian martyr. He was stoned to death by a mob in Jerusalem in the year 36.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 80.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 62

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Stephen ranks 30 out of 3,187. Before him are Ali, Samson, Mary Magdalene, Matthew the Apostle, Abu Bakr, and Zoroaster. After him are Saint Barbara, Sarah, Husayn ibn Ali, Abu Hanifa, Martin of Tours, and Jonah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1, Saint Stephen ranks 1. After him are James, son of Zebedee, Thomas the Apostle, Simon the Zealot, Barnabas, Pope Linus, Matthias the Apostle, Pope Anacletus, Barabbas, Thomas Bangalter, Silas, and Vologases I of Parthia. Among people deceased in 36, Saint Stephen ranks 1. After him are Junia Claudilla, and Thrasyllus of Mendes.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Saint Stephen ranks 15 out of 1,024. Before him are Sophocles (-497), Pericles (-494), Democritus (-460), Epicurus (-341), El Greco (1541), and Kösem Sultan (1590). After him are Euripides (-480), Aristophanes (-448), Plutarch (46), Aeschylus (-525), Sappho (-630), and Philip II of Macedon (-382).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Greece

Among religious figures born in Greece, Saint Stephen ranks 1. After him are Pope Sixtus II (215), Demetrius of Thessaloniki (270), Pope Dionysius (200), Dionysius the Areopagite (100), Saint Titus (13), Philomena (291), Antipope Alexander V (1339), Pope Hyginus (100), Pope Eleutherius (171), Saint Giles (640), and Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886).

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