RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Valentine

226 - 273

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Saint Valentine (Italian: San Valentino; Latin: Valentinus) was a 3rd-century Roman saint, commemorated in Western Christianity on February 14 and in Eastern Orthodoxy on July 6. From the High Middle Ages, his feast day has been associated with a tradition of courtly love. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint Valentine has received more than 7,318,943 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Saint Valentine is the 63rd most popular religious figure (up from 64th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Italy (up from 70th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Saint Valentine is most famous for being the patron saint of love.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 82.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Valentine ranks 63 out of 3,187. Before him are James, son of Zebedee, Saint Lucy, Luke the Evangelist, Joseph Smith, Pope Pius XII, and Judas Iscariot. After him are Anthony of Padua, Jerome, Hildegard of Bingen, Bartholomew the Apostle, Pope Innocent VII, and Pope Julius II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 226, Saint Valentine ranks 1. After him is Wang Bi. Among people deceased in 273, Saint Valentine ranks 1. After him are Hormizd I, Vaballathus, and Cassius Longinus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Saint Valentine ranks 61 out of 5,161. Before him are Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598), Lucretius (-94), Enrico Fermi (1901), Saint Lucy (283), Umberto Eco (1932), and Pope Pius XII (1876). After him are Guglielmo Marconi (1874), Ötzi (-3345), Vespasian (9), Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194), Federico Fellini (1920), and Claudio Monteverdi (1567).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Saint Valentine ranks 10. Before him are Pope John XXIII (1881), Pope Leo XIII (1810), Pope Clement VII (1478), Pope Gregory I (540), Saint Lucy (283), and Pope Pius XII (1876). After him are Pope Innocent VII (1339), Pope Julius II (1443), Pope Pius V (1504), Pope Pius XI (1857), Benedict of Nursia (480), and Pope Gregory XIII (1502).

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