RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Seti I

1323 BC - 1279 BC

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Menmaatre Seti I (or Sethos I in Greek) was the second pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt during the New Kingdom period, ruling c. 1294 or 1290 BC to 1279 BC. He was the son of Ramesses I and Sitre, and the father of Ramesses II. The name 'Seti' means "of Set", which indicates that he was consecrated to the god Set (also termed "Sutekh" or "Seth"). As with most pharaohs, Seti had several names. Upon his ascension, he took the prenomen "mn-m3't-r' ", usually vocalized in Egyptian as Menmaatre (Established is the Justice of Re). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Seti I has received more than 2,663,373 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Seti I is the 165th most popular religious figure (down from 121st in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Egypt (down from 26th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Egyptian Religious Figure.

SETI is most famous for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Seti I ranks 165 out of 3,187Before him are Ānanda, Pope Callixtus III, Pope Martin IV, Pope Julius III, Pope Honorius III, and Vladimir the Great. After him are Pope Gregory XII, Pope Paul IV, Pope Felix I, Pope Boniface IX, Pope Innocent XI, and Pope Adeodatus II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1323 BC, Seti I ranks 1 Among people deceased in 1279 BC, Seti I ranks 1

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Seti I ranks 32 out of 642Before him are Moses in Islam (-1392), Demis Roussos (1946), Khafra (-2550), Khufu (-2700), Ay (-1380), and Athanasius of Alexandria (295). After him are Diophantus (201), Naguib Mahfouz (1911), Ankhesenamun (-1347), Omar Sharif (1932), Horemheb (-1319), and Menkaure (-2001).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Egypt

Among religious figures born in Egypt, Seti I ranks 8Before him are Tutankhamun (-1341), Anthony the Great (251), Joshua (-1355), Catherine of Alexandria (287), Hagar (-1800), and Moses in Islam (-1392). After him are Tiye (-1398), Pachomius the Great (292), Saint Apollonia (110), Saint Maurice (250), Yusuf al-Qaradawi (1926), and Maria al-Qibtiyya (600).