WRITER

Salvian

405 - 451

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Salvian (or Salvianus) was a Christian writer of the 5th century in Roman Gaul. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Salvian has received more than 75,930 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Salvian is the 1,496th most popular writer (down from 1,448th in 2019), the 1,590th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,509th in 2019) and the 104th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 76k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

De gubernatione Dei
Christian life, Christianity, Correspondence
1580
Salviani presbyteri massiliensis Opera omnia
Collected works, Early church, ca. 30-600, History
1883
The writings of Salvian, the presbyter
Early works to 1800, History, Theology
1947
Salviani presbyteri massiliensis libri qui supersunt
Christian life, Early works to 1800, History
1877
Sanctorum presbyterorum Salviani Massiliensis et Vincentii Lirinensis Opera
Early Christian literature, History, Latin Authors
1669
A breefe collection concerning the love of God
Catholic Church, English, Prayer-books and devotions
1973

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Salvian ranks 1,496 out of 7,302. Before him are Marianne Weber, Heiner Müller, Adam Oehlenschläger, Stéphane Hessel, Gil Vicente, and Robert Jordan. After him are B. K. S. Iyengar, Nora Roberts, Georges Duhamel, Ibn al-Khatib, Elsa Beskow, and Guillaume de Lorris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 405, Salvian ranks 2. Before him is Ricimer.  Among people deceased in 451, Salvian ranks 4. Before him are Nestorius, Theodoric I, and Vardan Mamikonian. After him is Pei Songzhi.

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    Ricimer

    POLITICIAN

    405 - 472

    HPI: 64.81

    Rank: 1

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    Salvian

    WRITER

    405 - 451

    HPI: 58.49

    Rank: 2

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Salvian ranks 1,590 out of 7,253. Before him are Richard Glücks (1889), Stéphane Hessel (1917), Max Immelmann (1890), Ernst von Weizsäcker (1882), Bernard of Saxe-Weimar (1604), and Christian Leopold von Buch (1774). After him are Karl Lachmann (1793), Garibald I of Bavaria (550), Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1800), Herta Bothe (1921), Princess Josephine of Baden (1813), and Lothar von Trotha (1848).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Salvian ranks 104. Before him are Christian Friedrich Hebbel (1813), August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798), Gottfried August Bürger (1747), Marianne Weber (1870), Heiner Müller (1929), and Stéphane Hessel (1917). After him are Eduard Mörike (1804), Adolph Freiherr Knigge (1752), Gustav Landauer (1870), Uri Avnery (1923), Sebastian Haffner (1907), and Ludwig Börne (1786).

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